“The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members”

“I reminded myself that time takes care of many things. Asia had thought me that.”

“But what happens when her beauty is torn from her like a cover from a book? Will he care to read her then, although her pages speak of nothing but love for him?”

“If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. ”

“Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.”

“As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world.”

“Sorrow fully accepted brings its own gifts. For there is alchemy in sorrow. It can be transmitted into wisdom, which, if it does not bring joy, can yet bring happiness.”