Vietnam...war...it did something to us. Or maybe not. Maybe the bad seeds were always in me, and war gave them a dark place in which to grow.

A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.

The measure of a society is its compassion.

A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE HOUSE...AND THE SENATE.

Caro: "Bite me."Ruby: "I gave that up in kindergarten.

A generous donor (who had no doubt lived a life that imperiled his mortal soul) had granted [the Sisters] more than one hundred waterfront acres.

She was—of course—perfectly normal—quiet and polite andreasonablyintelligent and...normal andself destructive and lonelyand terrified of everythingAnd she lovedDisaster—

As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.

Relationships, the ones that last anyway, are really an extended game of Let's Make A Deal .

Sometimes, I think one should only live in the present. The past is only a heavy burden to carry with you. And yet... it's so hard to let them go... to forget... to move ahead.

Good intentions are not an excuse for maladministration of this magnitude.

Gordon Lightfoot looms pretty large in my life as a writer and an artist in general. I never travel anywhere without at least two of his records with me.

I think these A-list celebrities that are all lined up for Hillary [Clinton], I think they heard her.

Better hold the hand for coin, though small, Than lose, for one half a dang, it all.

We hold the moral obligation of providing for old age, helpless infancy, and poverty is far superior to that of supplying the invented wants of courtly extravagance.

Sprite really does taste different everywhere! That's like a fact. Because of certain regulations, you can only put so many sugars.