“All suspects should be given the chance to telephone their lawyers or their mothers, and it would not be surprising if they chose to call their mothers. After all, your mother is fall more likely to believe in your innocence than your lawyer.”

“Can you forgive her? Can you do that? There was no response. Because if you can start to forgive, then it will become easier. And? And then you will be able to forgive yourself—and ask others to forgive you.”

“You suffer from the oldest delusion in politics. You think you can change the world by talking to a leader. Leaders are the effects, not the causes of changes.”

“The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again.”

“Be an egg, Susan thought. One could be soft with fear inside, but hard as slate outside.”

“marveled at how two souls - two completely different species - could make each other so happy. If you were kind to animals, they repaid that kindness a thousandfold. People disappointed; animals never did.”

“Cigarettes can force you to take a moment to take a deep breath.”

“We all have to dream our own dreams. We only get one life to live—live it for yourself, not anyone else.”