The whole "misery loves company" thing never applies more than when you're breaking up. The thought that the other person is doing fine is simply too much to bear.

You can only control your own actions. Not other people’s reactions.

A son is a son 'til he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life.

Love and friendship. They are what make us who we are, and what can change us, if we let them.

...love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together.

Maybe the thing to do after you roll the dice-and lose-is simply pick them up and roll them again.

When you’re in love, sometimes you have to swallow your pride, and sometimes you have to keep your pride. It’s a balance. But when the relationship is right, you find the balance.

I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That this is the only way to grow together, instead of apart.

Life's not black-and-white. Sometimes the ends justifies the means.

Although I'm sure there are plenty of tall, gorgeous, life-of-the-party guys who are also true to their wives, I happen to believe that a disproportionate number of them are cheaters.

I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break.

You are created with a mandate! You have all you need to fulfill it.

The air around her was cool lately, as if she were creating a vacuum with her unhappiness.

You never know how a single interaction with a person might affect their life, so you must constantly try to be at your best.

[On Edna Ferber's Ice Palace] ... the book, which is going to be a movie, has the plot and characters of a book which is going to be a movie.

If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court.

Narcotics cannot still the tooth. That Nibbles at the soul

I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.

When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.