Self-pity is the worst disability a person can have, Callie. It's crippling.

It was like watching a community you thought you knew reveal itself as something else.

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

Be an active participant in your community and country. Every small gesture makes up the big gestures. Resist, rinse, repeat.

I just feel a connection with Marilyn Monroe. I just love her. I just completely feel what she went through.

Youth comes but once a life time. Perhaps, but it remains strong in many for their entire lives.

An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.

If I could learn to treat triumph and disaster the same, then I would find bliss.

Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own.

The pain pushes you, until the vision pulls you

I think most serious and omnivorous readers are alike- intense in their dedication to the word, quiet-minded, but relieved and eagerly talkative when they meet other readers and kindred spirits.