"A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you." — Elizabeth Edwards

There is nothing about resilience that I can say that my father did not first utter silently in eighteen years of living inside a two-dimensional cutout of himself.

I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being.

The way campaign funds are distributed are all a matter of record.

In a sense, having cancer takes you by the shoulders and shakes you.

You know, everybody knows some of what politicians say is malarkey, and having somebody there to call them on it is good. I'd be happy to do that any time and any place.

I can't turn on the television without seeing me, or open the newspaper without seeing me and, honestly, I'm sick to death of me.

I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage.

Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history.

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A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.