The truth was stranger than the official fiction.

Dare we linger, dare we skate? Dare we laugh or celebrate, knowing we may strain the ice? Preserve the ice at any price?

To many people, free will is a license to rebel not against what is unjust or hard in life but against what is best for them and true.

In the end, it's all about perseverance.

I know it's hard being a single mother baby, he said, but we're talking fundamentals here. Homemade cookies are one of the best parts of christmas. It's an absolute fundamental.

That's all that matters, really: that we can make each other feel better.

No degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.