At some point in life, the world's beauty becomes enough.

You are your own stories and therefore free to imagine and experience what it means to be human... And although you don't have complete control over the narrative - no author does, I can tell you - you could nevertheless create it.

No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you.

I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about.

And wouldn't you know he'd be a singing man.

Movements toward freedom and the self-respect that comes from something other than what people think is their most important feature.

He said, 'Always. Always.