“Confrontation was the stuff of daily life.”

“What distinguished him in a moment of crisis was his self-command.”

“The speed of transportation largely determined the speed of information.”

“He did have his beliefs, chiefly in his own genius.”

“He was a generous but subtly demanding boss.”

“Time was when much of lawyering consisted (according to turn-of-the-century lawyer and statesman Elihu Root) in "telling would-be clients that they are damned fool's, and should stop.”

“The hard truth is, the life thing moments happen. They are the details, the surprises, the every now and again dang it moments that are necessary for you to be able to appreciate good times and acc...”

“I am one and when I am one I am none, and when I am none I have won.”

“He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter.”

“ The least known among the virtues and also the most misunderstood is the virtue of humility. Yet, it is the very groundwork of Christianity. Humility is a grace of the soul that cannot be expresse...”

“...Nature has its unexpected and unappreciated mercies.”

“Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when its dark”

“She kissed their knife marred bodies, for every act of war has, at its heart, an act of mercy.”