That's the way all life's battles are won.. You don't look at the overall picture. You take one step, then another, and another... until you arrive at your destination.

I had heard the wind from the mountains calling me last night, telling me it was my time to go, and I woke up, knowing what to do.

I was the last of the four Dresden dolls. Only me... and I didn't want to be here.

The sun was hot and bright. A day for fishing, for swimming, for playing tennis and having fun, and they put my Christopher in the ground.

Only I had dry eyes, a dry heart.

Education is inherently socially inclusive any failure of inclusion signals the presence of power. An exclusive education is a corrupted education.

John F. Kennedy responded, as he often did when at his best, skillfully mixing dollops of wit with, self-deprecation, and the principle of not-really-going-near-the-question.

as if all the years haven't dulled that moment. She's staring at a spot of air in front of it, and I know, in that spot of air, is her son.

Just don't be afraid of your mistakes because those mistakes can be the best way how to learn to do it right.

Time and distance have a way of playing tricks with your best intentions.

What concerns anyone so much as the time he has to live?

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

Love's action. It isn't talk and it never has been.

Teachers learn from their students' discussions

Courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say.