Sorry is for the things you've done that you shouldn't have not for things you believe in.

A life to hold, or to see slip through uncaring and inattentive hands, but always a life. And given one, we wish for two, or three, or more, so easily forgetting the one we had was spent unwisely

Let the past be what it was, the present what it is, the future the best it can be.

Don’t ever stop writing. This is the way the world will find out who you are.

Blame is a bitter and indigestible thing, even when the blame is a coat you cut for yourself, even when you stood right there and got yourself measured so you could wear it right.

If soldiering did not interest him, the soldiers themselves were another matter. He loved to sit with the men and draw out their first-hand stories of past campaigns.

Folk can’t learn their lessons if they skip school.

Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I certainly did.

I think that equality needs to be broadened to include equal access to comprehensive healthcare, equal access to jobs, and equal rights in the workplace.

If you love your heart, this can be transmitted to other people. I mean you can help anybody that wants to do the same.

We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable.

You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it.

And I will capture your minds with sweet novelty. [Lat., Dulcique animos novitate tenebo.]

But a living is not a life.

I love the woods even more than the ocean.