... The continuation of her life was more than another day of breathing, but was the gift of another day of engagement with her beloved across the spectrum of all things.

...Data itself... was tolerable. It was the constant nerve-web-expanding pain of context that would kill him.

The fourth gift is Compassion. May you be gentle with yourself and others. May you forgive those who hurt you and yourself when you make mistakes.

If you really want to know me, I said, we'll have to start with the witches.

As you cannot do what you wish you should wish what you can do.

If laughter is the best medicine, I promise to continue to make you laugh as my wife and I work together with the National Kidney Foundation to save lives.

Bill Clinton and I are friends; we see each other on the speaking circuit. He likes to be visible. I don't. And I draw no judgment either way.

Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.

Keep your passions in check, but beware of giving your reason free rein.

Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived.

Choose your tools carefully, but not so carefully that you get uptight or spend more time at the stationery store than at your writing table.

Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.