Julia Ward Howe

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of America's brittle and mutating id.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.

Fear follows crime and is its punishment.