“Are we just supposed to throw away our relationship with Saudi Arabia because they murdered a journalist?”

“Just because we hit on points that resonate, or people think are real complaints—that doesn't make us journalists.”

“If we associate love with losing ourselves, in relationships we will become avoidant and push our partners away.”

“WikiLeaks is possibly the most exciting development in journalism in my lifetime. As an investigative journalist, I have often had to rely on the courageous, principled acts of whistle-blowers. The truth about the Vietnam War was told when Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers. The truth about Iraq and Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia and many other flashpoints was told when WikiLeaks published the revelations of whistle-blowers.”

“Just because you’re a journalist you are not exempted from assassination, if you’re a son of a bitch.”

“Just because our political heroes were murdered does not mean that the dream does not still live, buried deep in our broken hearts.”

“Whether or not we know our dad, we have a relationship with him. The relationship in our mind is our relationship.”

“I suppose, in the end, we journalists try - or should try - to be the first impartial witnesses of history. If we have any reason for our existence, the least must be our ability to report history as it happens so that no one can say: 'we didn't know - no one told us.”

“We are journalists, and our mission is clear – to distinguish between facts and fiction.”

“The most common reason that relationships fall apart is because of safety. On a subconscious level, even though our relationships grant us a sense of safety, if we perceive that something about a relationship makes us unsafe, we care more about our own safety than we care about the other person’s experience and we care more about our own safety than we care about the health of the relationship itself.”