Laughing at ourselves is possible when we are able to see humanity as it is - a little lower than the angels and at times only slightly higher than the apes.

Marriage - as its veterans know well - is the continuous process of getting used to things you hadn't expected.

I'm hopeful that people don't give up on marriage. When it works, it's a gift from God because you can't always have it work out the way you want.

His voice, the very sound of rolling eyes.

In my opinion, education is the finest gift an individual can give a young person.

Everyone's the anti-Teddy Roosevelt. Speak loudly and carry a brittle twig.

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

Originality is a return to the origin.

The land is like poetry: it is inexplicably coherent, it is transcendent in its meaning, and it has the power to elevate a consideration of human life.

We revel in the laxness of the path we take.

To voice something you're feeling and put observations into words with another person who is totally present is a creative act embodying soul and love.

Tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a mature party, and it is well past time for the Republican Party to grow up.

The magical dust of Christmas glittered on the cheeks of humanity ever so briefly, reminding us of what is worth having and what we were intended to be.

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.