Loneliness becomes an acid that eats away at you.

Kindness and a caring mind are two separate qualities. Kindness is manners. It is superficial custom, an acquired practice. Not so the mind. The mind is deeper, stronger, and, I believe, it is far more inconstant.

In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion.

I've run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people's support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.

A theory is a battlefield in your head.

It seems to me that very sad things always contain an element of the comical

As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to.