What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.

There's no way for them to take away my sadness, but they can make sure I am not empty of all the other feelings.

Life goes on is a redundancy. Life is defined by its going on.

It says if you mess up or make the wrong choice, you just have to keep at it until you do it right.

I practice yoga nidra to support my mental health and clear my mind space.

People marry with a deep longing that their partner will tend to their wounds, not throw salt in them. Honor your partner's vulnerability.

I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books.

Don't give up. There are lessons to be learned even in the most horrendous pain. And you don't know that when you're young.

As President, I will not be the last to know what is going on in my command.

Familiarity isn't always a good thing... sometimes you need a little crisis to shake things up.

I don't think there's any equivalency between the way that the Russians conduct themselves and the way the United States does.

To live in relationship and yet remain independent, that is what courage is.

I don't have to be good because they think I'm going to be good.

To be a Bond villain, you only get to do that once in your life. You never get to come back.