"How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?"

"Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line."

"Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life."

"Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory."

"There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know."

"To love deeply is to give someone the power to heal what words cannot reach. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history."

"This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power."

"The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people."