“Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes.”

“I've lived through such terrible times and there are people who live through much worse. But you see them living anyway. When they're more spirit than body, more sores than skin, when they're burned and in agony, when flies lay eggs in the corners of the eyes of their children - they live. Death usually has to take life away. I don't know if that's just the animal. I don't know if it's not braver to die, but I recognize the habit; the addiction to being alive. So we live past hope. If I can find hope anywhere, that's it, that's the best I can do. It's so much not enough. It's so inadequate. But still bless me anyway. I want more life.”

“Why get stained when getting dirty is so much more fun”

“It'll be just lovely for you to play -- it'll be so hard. And there's so much more fun when it is hard!”

“By loving them for more than their abilities we show our children that they are much more than the sum of their accomplishments.”

“We had been through so much together, mrs. Kennedy and me. More than anyone can imagine. More than anyone can ever know.”