Living in the capital, I worry about terrorism, but I no longer panic. For this I have my child to thank.

Parents can't indulge our fears. We're supposed to make our kids feel safe, even if we don't feel safe ourselves.

After the 9/11 attacks, I dutifully stocked up on rolls of duct tape and N-95 masks, as the government recommended.

President Bush is often out there talking about the importance of staying the course, and about the sacrifice, but he has not attended a funeral of a soldier who has fallen in Iraq.

It is hard to violate somebody's privacy if the person is completely anonymous.

Where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.

My head is full of seeing you see me.

When I was just five years old, I loved the scary layer and the symbolical power of the red cloak. I made my mom make me that red cloak, and I had to wear it on Halloween, two years in a row.

The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for the highest ends. So be it this day.

I vote. People died for our right to vote and I can't let that go.

Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.

Look at me, with my pretty bracelet and tiara... I'm a f****n' princess!

Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance.

The possibility of disaster remains horrific to me. Like when you know everything's about to go wrong in a way that's not controllable or knowable.

Let the villages of the future live in our imagination, so that we might one day come to live in them!