I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.

I have always had the feeling I could do anything and my dad told me I could. I was in college before I found out he might be wrong.

Most people assume that physician language is akin to technical, non-understandable jargon. It does not have to be that way. Doctors do not perform witchcraft. They simply interpret what they are told and what tests reveal. They diagnose and prescribe treatment. Our responsibility is to help doctors know what is going on in our bodies and to insist on clear, precise, understandable language in response.

The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it's all we'll need.

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.