The idea that a prisoner would confess to a complete stranger that he had committed a crime - I just didn't buy that.

traveling is the great true love of my life

I'm a pleaser. That's my character.

Here's the thing: the unit of reverence in Europe is the family, which is why a child born today of unmarried parents in Sweden has a better chance of growing up in a house with both of his parents than a child born to a married couple in America. Here we revere the couple, there they revere the family.

True wisdom gives the only possible answer at any given moment, and that night, going back to bed was the only possible answer.

In 1954, Pope Pius XI, of all people, sent some Vatican delegates on a trip to Libya with these written instructions: "Do NOT think that you are going among Infidels. Muslims attain salvation, too. The ways of Providence are infinite.

When I diagnose my depression now, I think it was partially about saying goodbye to these kids that I always expected to have but already knew that I wouldn't.