There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.

Intelligence is a separate gift, for the benefit of students, so that they may think of themselves as intellectual and not very intelligent, or intelligent and not very intellectual. One hopes, of course, that they try to bring the two virtues, the two elements, into their lives at the same time.

Naturally, if you love somebody, you do want to see their face every now and again, but that's not a condition of your love. People often get possession mixed up with love, and they say, "If you really loved me, you would call me." How - when life is going on? I think of you all the time, and the thought of you always lifts my spirits. But I'm not right at the phone!

If you're going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.