whatever beauty she thought she might have possessed she realized had only been through her husband's assessment of her

The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.

Betty had forgotten how you only get slivers of stories from children - usually what they echo from overheard adult conversations.

The only thing equal to the enormity of his want was his regret.

There is no time for holding back.

For every person who rides with a moral high-horse, they also have a dead horse that they haven't fed lying somewhere out of sight.

The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for allcommanders.

Life is precious. We should not take anything for granted. Living every moment as if it was our first and last is a genuine life of gratitude, acceptance and wisdom.

Words. Borne on the ever swelling current of hatred, like flowers opening in the current, petals peeling back, then falling apart.

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority.

The world doesn't need what women have, it needs what women are.

They wouldn't let us into Russia. They thought we'd corrupt the youth or something.

Arabs respect only the language of force.

Don't let regrets about the past or worries about the future rob you of your enjoyment of the present.