"I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do."

"American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it."

"All of us know, whether we say it or not, that life is a battle."

"The price of the ticket is to be human."

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."