"All we can do is to make..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“The great cause which divides our countries is not to be decided by individual animosities. The harmony of private societies cannot weaken national efforts.”

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”

“The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It had only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican.”

“Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.”

“I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work.”

“Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.”

“If you recognize anyone it does not mean you like them.”

“In times of grief and sorrow I will hold you and rock you, and take your grief and make it my own. When you cry, I cry, and when you hurt, I hurt. And together we will try to hold back the floods to tears and despair and make it through the potholed street of life.”

“He smiled, thinking that for just an instant, it was easy to imagine they were still married, both of them on the same team, both of them still in love. Except, of course, that they weren't.”