That's the funny thing about havin' a kid. They come with their own set of problems; make everything else you were worried about seem kinda silly.

They wouldn't call it falling in love if you didn't get hurt sometimes, but you just pick yourself up and move on.

To impatient youth, all things took for ever and any kind of waiting was torture. Pg. 221

A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands

I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

Be thankful for the beautiful moment.Be thankful for the gift of today.Be thankful for how far you have reached.

Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.

I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically.

They are all different and I find it hard to tell what flute suits me best.

You run on the treadmill. But you need to stop watching The Food Network when you're doing it. That is how you torture yourself.

America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men.

An adventure is never an adventure while it's happening. Challenging experiences need time to ferment, and adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquillity.