When you find the one, when you share the spark of kismet, then it becomes inconceivable to walk through life with anyone else.

Some of us make it out. But the game is played with loaded dice. I wish I had known more, and I wished I had known it sooner.

No pessimist discovered the secrets of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit

But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students.

To live past the end of your myth is a perilous thing.

I don't need to worry about that, that's always there on a slow simmer. The muscle I have to work on is being more present.

In my opinion, the M1 rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised

I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that tied them together.

A true friend is someone with whom protocol is no longer necessary.

It was the rainbow gave thee birth, and left thee all her lovely hues.

May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism.