Lies from the closest to you are often the most numerous and paralyzing.

Foolhardy to put your trust where it is easy to create falsehood.

I would destroy the city if something happened to you. I can't even bear the thought of it.

Some people get dealt all the aces in life.

Sometimes that is the best part of a hard day.

Better to leave dreams behind and go forward with purpose.

Sometimes one appears to have more freedom than one actually possesses. It is easy to see what one wishes to see.

...Go somewhere else. Somewhere safer.” Anywhere else. God, please. Or he was likely to do something horribly awful, like surrender his sanity and kiss her.

No one is fine on his own. People just say they are.

My life so far has been a long series of things I wasn't ready for.

I was really bummed when I got to the last one of Tony Hillerman Navajo detective books.

Government should be a model of inclusion.

Once we reach a certain age, we tend to recalibrate our expectations. We expect less from the world once we've seen it up close.

I blog; therefore, I am.

I grew up in a sad, depressed place. I got out. Poetry saved my life.

If Al Gore loses his brazen attempt to win on the dimples, one reason will be that he finally convinced enough Republicans to fight like Democrats.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.