They were all brilliant. They wrote books and painted pictures, and if they ever stopped talking, which I was sure they would never do, they planned to change the world.

People long to go backward in their imagination as well as forward. We don't wish simply to exist forever in some future; we wish to have existed in some distant past.

Even our recreation was scheduled. There was no time to look for birds or wander into the nearby woods. We were put into teams and sent into violent pursuit of a helpless ball.

I thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon.

I felt as if I had no control over what I said, as if loathsome, ugly words were waiting inside me like snakes and toads looking for a chance to sneak out before I could stop them.

You're making yourself too important. Guilt comes from feeling we're at the center of the universe. We're not.

I couldn’t live with myself if I thought nothing could get better.

I find having your own car is like a passport to the world.

But what doesn’t die is the love we give to others. There is no end to that.

It is hard to give up what you know for what you don’t know.

Turn your wound into wisdom, then help people to find true freedom.

There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.

After rain comes fair weather.

My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.

What does it mean to have a Republican majority in the House? A lot of people think So what? They should think again.

Do not attempt to conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance.

But I want you to know, and I want you to have it very clear that I did NOT quit on each and everyone of you. No. Because you guys have never quitted on me.

I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here.

In jest, there is truth.