Morning is a new sheet of paper for you to write on.

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"

When something is too beautiful or too terrible or even too funny for words, then it is time for poetry.

...a good poem contains both meaning and music

Scratch a Jew and you'll find a Wailing Wall.

whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it.

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, Mother, what was war?

...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.

If you aren't willing to look foolish, you're foolish. And that's why so many people have never built an ark, killed a giant, or walked on water.

There is no "right" way--only the way that is put before you.

You are your master. Only you have the master keys to open the inner locks.

Number of empty Ben & Jerry's containers: 3 - two mint chocolate cookie, one plain vanilla. (Who buys plain vanilla ice cream from Ben & Jerry's, anyway? Is there a greater waste?)

We want to rescue the American dream.

There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this [abortion]. But where shall it be found, at least where begin, if not in the complete enfranchisement and elevation of women?

I live below my means because it makes what I do seem less like a job and more like a passion.

All of us knew that climbing was a sure way to stay poor, a lousy way to impress people and definitely no way to meet girls.

I did, however, manage to do it without hurting those dogs. Very considerate of me. Don't let it be said I'm not an animal lover-that wretched kitsune aside.