One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

In the last stages of a final illness, we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family.

All my dogs have been scamps and thieves and troublemakers and I've adored them all.

One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it.

In this sometimes turbulent world, the river is a cosmic symbol of durability and destiny; awesome, but steadfast. In this period of deep national concern, I wish everyone could live for a while beside a great river.

We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resiliance to push on.