“Each childs story is worthy of telling. There shouldnt be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.”

“The tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.”

“The farther you go, however, the harder it is to return. The world has many edges, and it's easy to fall off.”

“The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.”

“My mother has been famous for longer than anyone else alive.”

“Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.”

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they ...”

“Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiti...”

“It is a curious thing, but as one travels the world getting older and older, it appears that happiness is easier to get used to than despair. The second time you have a root beer float, for instanc...”

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

“Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.”

“Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.”

“How little our careers express what lies in us, and yet how much time they take up. It's sad, really.”

“Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never being satisfied.”

“What a sad story, I thought for so long. Not that I now think it was happy. But I think it is true, and thus the question of whether it is sad or happy has no meaning whatever.”