The problem with loneliness is that, unlike other forms of human suffering, it teaches us nothing, leads us nowhere, and generally devalues us in our own eyes and the eyes of others.

Who you are and what you believe in is your real home, the only home no one can take from you, the only home that will last.

If you were brought up on a poor man’s brand of drink and prefer that to this very day then do not pretend you like expensive wine.

Seven, Richie thought. That's the magic number. There has to be seven of us. That's the way it's supposed to be.

You know you’re dealing with a numpty when her saving grace is that she didn’t help to cover up a murder.

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself.

Of all the virtues necessary to the completion of the perfect man, there is none to be more delicately implied and less ostentatiously vaunted than that of exquisite feeling or universal benevolence.

We built a coalition of conscience, and that we can do it again, and we can go forward, and help redeem the soul of America.

You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path.

Lack of time is a real health killer.

What man art thou that, thus bescreened in night, So stumblest on my counsel? *Who are you? Why do you hide in the darkness and listen to my private thoughts?*