Nothing ever fits the palm so perfectly, or feels so right, or inspires so much protective instinct as the hand of a child

Its a fact of being in love that we often pay no attention whatsoever to the substance of what a lover says, while being intoxicated to ecstasy by the way it's said. I was in love with her eyes, but I didn't read them. I loved her voice, but I didn't really hear the fear & the anguish in it.

Anything that can be put in a nut shell should remain there.

A politician is someone who promises a bridge even when there's no water

Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.

Justice is a judgement that is both fair and forgiving. Justice is not done until everyone is satisfied, even those who offend us and must be punished by us. You can see, by what we have done with these two boys, that justice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It is also the way we try to save them.

A city may be dirty on the outside but is clean on the inside. Many cities in the world are clean on the outside but dirty on the inside.