The selective memory isn't selective enough.

Editing might be a bloody trade. But knives aren't the exclusive property of butchers. Surgeons use them too.

A hope of something beyond our place and time. This is what books - the best books - give us: a lifeline, a reason to believe, a way to breathe more freely.

All that I can truly have: life, strength and time!

My fear is that he'll forget me, " she bemoaned with crystalline sadness. I took her hand, limp with loss and held it. "I'd rather not be remembered by any man as it saves me the embarrassment.

You are never giving nor can you ever give enough service.

I was a waitress. I was pretty good at it. I liked to solve those puzzles-you know, when to put the dinner order in, that sort of thing.

You will know your vocation by the joy that it brings you. You will know. You will know when it's right.

I'm lucky if I write a letter.

Anyone can love a virtue, but a good human being is he or she who loves even vicious people. Everyone Loves the melodious voice of cuckoo, but who cares for Kaw- Kaw of crow.

That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.

I grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement.

When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward--or go back