“An ordinary human being, with a personal conscience, personally answering for something to somebody and personally and directly taking responsibility, seems to be receding farther and farther from the realm of politics.”

“(on her DUI) I have a responsibility, and it's something that I did wrong, and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would. And unfortunately, I can't, but this is my way of paying my dues and taking responsibility and being an adult.”

“Another person's life is that person's life. You can't take responsibility.”

“If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.”

“Whenever I draw up economic policy I look at it from the point of view of the person who has nothing; I look at it from the point of view of my farther who tried to get a job but could not.”

“Suffering pulls us farther away from other human beings. It builds a wall made of cries and contempt to separate us.”

“There's a responsibility in being a person. It's more than just taking up space where air would be.”

“There's a notion I'd like to see buried: the ordinary person. Ridiculous. There is no ordinary person.”

“Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on.”

“I carry thoughts of you like my own personal constellation. How far away you are, my dearest friend, but no farther than those fixed stars in my soul.”