In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle journalism about health and parenting and other such evergreens.

Was it fate? Was it destiny?""I think it was Alan Blunt.

A friend of mine says that every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells and when I give a man an office I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

Martin [Luther King] wasn't one to buck forces too much.

A man has virtues enough if he deserves pardon for his faults on account of them.

Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise.

If a strategy meets a goal: It's working. If a strategy meets a target: It's a success.

It's not about what you're capable of, It's about what you're willing to do.

I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

You look like the type of people who would criticize a misspelling in a suicide note.