As the carriage whipped forward, they passed the alley she had spent so many days staring at—it was there, and then gone as they careened around a corner, nearly knocking over a costermonger pushing a...

After the dedication, Eleanor saw Bernard privately, probably at her own request. He came prepared to offer more spiritual comfort, thinking that she too might be suffering qualms of conscience over V...

He found that after prolonged contact with Claire and her opinions, he had much less trust in physicians that heretofore - and he hadn't had much to begin with.

But these backwaters of existence sometimes breed, in their sluggish depths, strange acuities of emotion... (Afterward)

The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.

Solidarity is the basis of my politics.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Earmarks are almost always inserted by a member of Congress without any notice to other members, and without a chance for Congress as a whole to debate a particular earmark as they relate to national...

Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance.

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.

We learn from experience. A man never wakes up his second baby just to see it smile.

What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains and studying night and day how to fly?

Only the ones who run are worth catching.

Three wishes, to be exact. And ixnay on the wishing for more wishes.

We cannot force others to behave differently if they disagree with us. But if we change what we are saying or doing, they may respond differently.

A drop of water is not immortal; it can be resolved into oxygen and hydrogen. If, therefore, a drop of water were to maintain that it had a quality of aqueousness which would survive its dissolution w...

Behind all the surface composure, there seemed to be a great darkness: an urge to test himself, to take risks, to haunt the edges of things.

Eradication of pain, deviant, or oppositional behaviors does not indicate healing; however, it can signify successful conditioning.

Adequate planning will rescue you from the shame of tomorrow

... on the lawn one late summer day, her pale hair tangled because she'd cry if anyone tried to brush it, spinning around and around until she got so dizzy she fell in a pile of bare feet and dandelio...