"The world is full of stories, but the ones that matter are the ones that change us."

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt, and the profoundest wisdom to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

The biographer's challenge is to be both a detective and a poet.

Take time every day to do something for yourself.

We loved with a love that was more than love.