Robert Browning

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?

Oh, the little more, and how much it is! And the little less, and what worlds away.

On the earth the broken arcs; in the heaven a perfect round.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me - they're cramming for their final exam.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.