“Was this what it meant to love someone? That any burden was a burden shared, that they could give you comfort with a word or a touch?”

Markings (1964)

Source: The Pilot's Wife

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 98

Source: The Night in Lisbon

The Rickover Effect (1992)
Context: Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you... If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible.

#52
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)

1961, Berlin Crisis speech

Source: The Ruby Circle