“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”

“Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.”

“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.”

“The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.”

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.”