It was about forgiving. I understood that forgiveness itself was strong, durable—like strands of a web weaving around us, holding us.

She read books quickly and compulsively, paperback after paperback, as if she might drift away without the anchor of the printed page.

I feel like I don't have all the ingredients a person is supposed to have.

It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can't do anything else, read all that you can.

It is a rule of nature that taking a day off on the farm sets a person back at least a week.

We all need people to tell us that we were the ones who had been deeply wronged.

Our mission in life is not to discover our fate as we go along, or even to procreate, but rather to fill up the endless gray void that is time.

My god has always been a laissez-faire deity, giving you the initial goods and sending you on to make your way.

It's all a big old chain. There isn't one unconnected link.

Life on earth, filled with uncertainty and change, seemed far more difficult than what lay beyond the grave.

This was life, I supposed, running and running and running, and realizing along the way that the phantom was getting closer.

The worst thing about talk ... is that there's no way to lay it to rest. Every fresh breeze brings a new speculation.

Live in the NOW. Live life to its fullest. Don’t spend more than 10% of your time learning from the past, and 20% planning for the future. Live in the present, act NOW to fulfill the dreams you plan.

It is so important to think for yourself.

I come from a family of traders; my grandmother and my mother were very good at making money.

Don't waste your breath proclaiming what's really important to you. How you spend your time says it all.

Some people hate Jews. Fine, alright it's been done. I mean, that's part of my problem with it. Could you hate somebody new? I'm not giving you any suggestions but the Belgians have had a good run.

Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the noblest victor.

Come, agree, the law's costly.

Those who satisfy the wants of a smaller number of people only collect fewer votes-dollars-than those who satisfy the wants of more people.

I've never thought about the end of my career. I've had this growing motto in my life to live day to day - and when you live day to day, it's hard to talk years.