Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes.

The red tape for family members who want to speak to a loved one is a reality, ... The warehousing of prisoners is a reality. ... All of this needs to be looked at, not just medical care.

Average is common. Excellence is rare.

Why do they hate us?" He paused. "We didn't do anything wrong.

Normalcy to me is enjoying the simple things in life.

The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary.

Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.

Cold exactitude is not art; ingenious artifice, when it pleases or when it expresses, is art itself.

My God, I'm so in love with my boyfriend.

50 years old is like springtime to me.

I know I've done the right thing but I couldn't feel worse about it, and I suppose that is part of what it is to lead.

As human beings, we have a natural compulsion to fill empty spaces.