What else mattered except being with Carol, anywhere, anyhow?

Finally, Carol said in a tone of hopelessness, "Darling, can I ask you to forgive me?" The tone hurt Therese more than the question. "I love you, Carol." "But do you see what it means?

Her life was a series of zigzags. At nineteen, she was anxious.

Acceptance and validation are the fuels of the future.

Nature is not human hearted.

'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.

Can you see God? You haven't seen him? I've never seen the wind. I see the effects of the wind, but I've never seen the wind. There's a mystery to it.

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous... I define vulnerability as emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty. It fuels our daily lives.

I still haven't gotten that little something out of my system that I'm still not a kid going to a football game. I'm excited.

The Federal Reserve bank buys government bonds without one penny.

One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.

When you're president, you learn to act like you know what you're talking about. And it's a great skill.

Were the superfluities of a nation valued, and made a perpetual tax or benevolence, there would be more alms-houses than poor, schools than scholars, and enough to spare for government besides.