I am not for abortion; nobody is for abortion. I am for your right to make your own hard choices in this world.

Always remember to set a place at the table of life for the unexpected guest.

It's not just the cheerleading thing I have a problem with, it's the whole jock enchilada. I'm all for a good game of basketball in teh driveway or a killer bike ride. But when there's tackling and grunting involved-- no thanks.

I am not for abortion; nobody is for abortion. I am for your right to make your own hard choices in this world.

In the coldest February, as in every other month in every other year, the best thing to hold on to in this world is each other.

[My father] was generous with his affection, given to great, awkward, engulfing hugs, and I can remember so clearly the smell of his hugs, all starched shirt, tobacco, Old Spice, and Cutty Sark. Sometimes I think I've never been properly hugged since.

'These boat people,' says the government of Hong Kong, 'they all want to go to America.' Well, I swear I don't know why, do you? I mean, take Vietnam. Why would any Vietnamese come to America after what American did to Vietnam? Don't they remember My Lai, napalm, Sylvester Stallone?