Our veterans who fall on hard times and find themselves without a home deserve more than just handwringing or kind words. They deserve real help that gets them back on their feet.

Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted - folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them.

He was touched in the cavity where his heart should have been, in that nest of addled eggs, where the birds of heaven would have lived if they had not been whistled away, by the fervour of this reproach.

Kad naiđu teška, mutna vremena i učestaju sukobi i uzbune među ljudima, otvori se odjednom Biblija na njenim najtamnijim stranicama i naš užas ili naše nerazumevanje nađu drevne i poznate reči kao jedini izraz.
Gledajući vojnike i žandarme koji su do malopre bili i ubijali, video sam im u očima, duboko ispod spoljnjeg besa i drskosti, jedva primetno kolebanje u kom je bilo i životinjskog straha i neke želje da se ne bude na tom mestu ni u tom obliku. U tom drhtanju u dnu zenica pročitao sam odjednom jasan i nesumnjiv jadni, strašni i detinjski Kainov odgovor: - Zar sam ja čuvar brata svoga?

Rocky paths are filled with stepping stones.

Don't brag about the hard times, nor cry over them, but learn from them.