One day we wake up and we are broken. We taste it in our morning kiss. Our mirror tells us the same stories in separate hours: things will never be the same.

Andrea Gibson is a truly American poet, or rather, she represents the America I want to live in. Her work lights a candle to lead us where we need to go.

Cats will amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.

A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

I'd love to go to art school. I'd love to learn how to draw. I'd love to be fluent in Spanish. I'd like to be a brain surgeon.

It's part of my job. You can't play Veronica Guerin sounding like this. It just wouldn't wash. But what I find fascinating about doing an accent - unless it's a farce - is that it's not slapped on.

Most evil comes from the belief that one is a victim, or one's group is a victim

Happiness doesn't come from external circumstances. It comes from the inside-regardless of what is happening around us.

When you forgive, you're not doing God a favor, you are giving yourself the gift of freedom.

Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memories.

It's beyond me how anybody can look at these protestors and call them anything other than what they are: anti-American, anticapitalist, pro-Marxist communists.