Washington is a resigning town. Nothing else holds the special excitement of a rumored resignation.

Agreement reached by the negotiators?usually starts to collapse in the hands of those who implement it, no matter how carefully cleared at the top.

The way to keep weeds from overwhelming you is to deal with them constantly and in their early stages.

Gardening?is one of the most underrated aspects of diplomacy.

The decision makers face each other. No safety screen stands between the issues and the highest authorities.

Better to use force when you should rather than when you must.

I grieve for every death.

It breaks my heart to think about a family weeping over the loss of a loved one. I understand the anguish that some feel about the death that takes place.

A bedroom is not necessary for me to demonstrate my womanliness!

The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous.

The costliest myth of our time has been the myth of the Communist monolith.

We have to push ourselves to stillness - to the natural state.

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

Johnny Cashs' face belongs on Mount Rushmore.

I mean, I'm not a contrarian.

You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel.

Darkness may hide the trees and the flowers from the eyes but it cannot hide love from the soul.

We shape our homes and then our homes shape us.