"Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest."

"Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid."

"No news at 4:30 a.m. is good."

"The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband."

"It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you."

"The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom."

"Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame."

"Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them."