Now he knew that any memories he might cherish during the last years of his life would be only fictions from a biography he'd never lived.

[H]e lay awake, dreading the dawn when he would have to say good-bye to the small universe he had built for himself over the years.

He lost himself in the words and images conjured in his mind and for a while forgot ... He found himself flying among stars and planets ...

The point is that although love may die, what is said on its behalf cannot be consumed by the passage of time, and forgiveness is everything.

We cried. The bones and dust of our fathers cried with us.

Never use the passive voice. Do not say, 'It will get done.' Say, 'I'll do it, ' and then stick to a solid, unwavering deadline

The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

I think the hardest thing in life is when we see those we love turn down a wrong path, and when no entreaty will induce them to retrace their steps.

Make it a priority to have at least eight months of living costs set aside in a federally insured bank or credit union account.

Once you reach your fifties, you have to stop being interested in the present and write only on Elizabethan poets.

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.

When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists.