Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.

Perhaps the unattached, the unwanted, the unloved, could grow to give love as lushly as anyone else.

Anyone can grow into something beautiful.

Hate can be passionate or disengaged; it can come from dislike but also from fear.

Your behavior is a choice; it isn’t who you are.

This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had done. There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.

There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.

The open forgiveness in her eyes, the uncensored love, terrified me.

Nothing you could do would make me send you away. Nothing.

Hyacinth. Please forgive me.

Over time, we would learn each other, and I would learn to love her like a mother loves a daughter, imperfectly and without roots.

Without grace, we can do no good deed.

How often you impress people when you have nothing and how often you oppress them when you have everything is what defines your real character!

How do you stop conflict without conflict?

You will always win if you make an effort, no matter how much. However, if you failed it means you were too lazy.

To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be.

All progress is due to the unreasonable person.

History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it at all we must impose some order upon it.

When somebody elses happiness makes you happy, it means you are a person with a big heart.

If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.

If you loose the sounds comming out of New Orleans, you loose apart of the american language.