“There is lace in every living thing: the bare branches of winter, the patterns of clouds, the surface of water as it ripples in the breeze.... Even a wild dog's matted fur shows a lacy pattern if y...”

“There is no wrong answer. Even so, it is easy to receive wrong results, simply by asking the wrong question.”

“Already a congressman, to a mentor "I hope sometime you run across something you think I can do well 24 hours per day.”

“You may need an additional money to make things happen and have it, but you can have an additional time anywhere. Value your time; as you wait, it is passing!”

“Infinite is a meaningless word: except it states / The mind is capable of performing / an endless process of addition.”

“It is as great a crime to leave a woman alone in her agony and deny her relief from her suffering as it is to insist upon dulling the consciousness of a natural mother who desires above all things ...”

“I asked her, dreamily, if we had met, and when she told me that we had not, I gave her a little finger wave, the type a leprechaun might offer a pixie who was floating by on a maple leaf. "Well, hi...”

“Oh, look, the lights are so pretty, I said dreamily, having just noticedthem.I smiled at the way the lights were dancing overhead, pink and yellow andblue. I felt some pressure on my arm and though...”

“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”

“Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.”

“So its true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”