Remember, the only difference between 'marital' and 'martial' is where you put the 'i'.

People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.

I took my orders, too. But if i couldn't keep you alive, I thought I could at least keep you together. In the middle of a big war, you go looking for a small idea to believe in. When you find one, you hold it the way a soldier holds his crucifix when he's praying in a foxhole.

You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.

Love- the infatuation kind- 'he's so handsome, she's so beautiful'- that can shrivel. As soon as something goes wrong, that kind of love can fly out the window.

Giving to other people makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look like in the mirror. When I give my time, when I can make someone smile after they were feeling sad.

The dead sit at our tables long after they have gone.