Love liberates. Love - not sentimentality, not mush - but true love gives you enough courage that you can say to somebody, "Don't do that, baby." And the person will know you're not preaching but teaching.

If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.

Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. You can be brought low, that's OK, but don't be reduced by them. Just say, 'That's life.'

We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Sometimes guns really matter. Protecting those who need protection - children, women, minorities in rough parts of town, old folks living in places where cops aren't nearby. Guns are true empowerment for the powerless.

We need language to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of- to explain the pains and glory of our existence.