“McChrystal's defenders at the Pentagon were making the case Tuesday that the president and his men(the McChrystal snipers spared Hillary)must put aside their hurt feelings about being painted as we...”

“Military guys are rarely as smart as they think they are, and they've never gotten over the fact that civilians run the military.”

“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for. ”

“The sounds of silence are a dim recollection now, like mystery, privacy and paying attention to one thing or one person at a time.”

“I never presume to give advice on writing. I think the best way to learn to write is to read booksand stories by bood writers. It's a hard thing to preach about. As Thelonious Monk once said abouth...”

“Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.”

“I think the highest forgiveness is to accept that creation is thoroughly tangled, with every possible quality given outlet for expression. People need to accept once and for all that there is only ...”

“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”

“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”