I am afraid of losing what I have already valued.

I will continue my path, but I will keep a memory always.

Christmas works like glue, it keeps us all sticking together.

I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage.

The dead do not harm us, only the alive.

Wherever you look there is so much loss and folly to contemplate.

The dead and not-yet dead, we are company all together.

I can only strive for what is important

Learning is important. It is a way to make a life better for yourself and your family.

I need them and they need me to need them

Let her be with her memories. Better that than be aware of this reality.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

All religions must be made child-proof. Our teachers' unions have done good work in this field, K through 12. Delaying first communions and bar mitzvahs until age 21 would be another positive step.

To talk about religion except in terms of human psychology is an irrelevance.

No one ever accomplished anything great sitting down.

Keep practicing. Never let someone tell you you're too small or too slow.

The hippogriff took off into the air. . . . He and his rider became smaller and smaller as Harry gazed after them . . . then a cloud drifted across the moon. . . . They were gone.

When the mind soars in pursuit of the things conceived in space...it pursues emptiness; but when man dives deep within himself, he experiences the fullness of existence.

I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic party.

It's interesting to leave a place, interesting even to think about it. Leaving reminds us of what we can part with and what we can't, then offers us something new to look forward to, to dream about.

When an actor is offered a role, more often than not - maybe 90 percent of the time - you read it and you say, "I'll take it."