Please don't question the insane glaresJust give me today, And tomorrow, Tomorrowwe will matter.

It's ridiculous to think that taking out words will heal hearts, because a palm-sized box is just not enough for the anger of this world.

And the cobwebs of timewould surrender, dormant, so that the rainbowsof new eras can emergeDespite the hollownessof you.

Ever, could I or could I not count the shadows of your being?

Ever, could I or could I not count the shadows of our being?

People are afraid of being more ignorant than their children―especially, apparantly, their daughters.

The character of good men and women encourage others to want to be better people.

You touched my heart...ever so softlyand I realizedtears had never been...merely saltand the rainOh the Rain!had never been merely water.

Being a mother must be the saddest yet the most hopeful thing in the world, falling into a love that, once started, would never end.

I'm reasonably optimistic about the future, especially the future of the United States - for the century, at least.

I’m honoured when Africa recognises me

I'm more afraid of falling than I am of flying high. I'm not as scared of dying as I am of growing old. Every battle has its glory and its consequence.

A book might be written on the injustice of the just.

Trust is like the air we breathe--when it's present, nobody really notices; when it's absent, everybody notices.

Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.