We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God.

Taking the life of another is always a moral crime.

I see the work the pope has to do. It is a huge responsibility. Nobody campaigns for it.

All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward.

The earth is rocky and full of roots; it's clay, and it seems doomed and polluted, but you dig little holes for the ugly shriveled bulbs, throw in a handful of poppy seeds, and cover it all over, and you know you'll never see it again - it's death and clay and shrivel, and your hands are nicked from the rocks, your nails black with soil.

My experience of my father's death was that it was still taboo; nobody would meet me after my father died because they didn't know what to say.

In New York, people are pretty cool, and you don't catch a lot of grief. But in certain spots, man, it's over. If I stand in the same place for more than 20 minutes or 10 minutes or something, there'll be 40 people standing there, all screaming something different.