“By presenting a faithful and honest record of my experience as a mother, I hope to show both my readers and my children how truth can redeem even what you fear might be the gravest of sins.”

“As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct.”

“Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.”

“I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.”

“Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope it is impossible.”

“There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They're the party of no. They desperately need some intellectual leadership. And whatever you think of Newt Gingrich, he can supply intellectual leadership. So I hope he does run.”

“Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.”

“I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.”

“Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.”