I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.

In my life, I am often reminded that there is a destiny that rules over us, because no one whom I know about or whom I read about seems to be completely happy during a long time.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father's time, a politician's home was still his castle.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.