It is probably true that I would not have had as many children or mothers in my books without being a mother with children. It is definitely true that I would not have written about the Civil War without having a little guy who was obsessed with it.
Few Americans born after the Civil War know much about war. Real war. War that seeks you out. War that arrives on your doorstep - not once in a blue moon, but once a month or a week or a day.
As for Vietnam, what matters is that Kennedy successfully resisted pressure to send anything more than military advisers, a stance that was a likely prelude to complete withdrawal from the conflict. There is solid evidence of his eagerness to end Ame...
The high point of civilization is that you can hate me and I can hate you but we develop an etiquette that allows us to deal with each other because if we acted solely upon our impulse we'd probably go to war.
I have a handful of prayers that I pray all the time... One is that God will put my books into the right hands at the right times. I've prayed this prayer thousands of times, and God has answered it in dramatic fashion countless times. The right book...
David's Mom: When your father was here, I used to think, "This was it. This is the way it was always going to be. I had the right house. I had the right car. I had the right life." David: There is no right house. There is no right car. David's Mom: G...
Right is right, no matter how wrong the time is.
Marriage is not about age; it's about finding the right person.
When tended the right way, beauty multiplies.
Right is right, even if no one else does it.
The right to choose does not mean the choice is right.
No one can be right all the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.
You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.
We must exist right here, right now!
I've become an animal rights activist.
The right to bear arms? What about the right to live?
No, I do not identify with the right wing.
Every moment is the right moment
All children have rights and those rights must be protected.
I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.
We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what's right. Freedom is right.
