“Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude...” — Nancy Gibbs Quote

“Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.”

“After the 1960s and '70s, there were real doubts about whether a mortal man could handle the country's highest office. It had destroyed Johnson, corrupted Nixon, and overwhelmed Ford and Carter.”

“When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.”

“Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from it.”

“America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.”

“Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.”

“In the procession I should feel the crushing feet, the clashing discords, the ruthless hands and stifling breath. I could not hear the rhythm of the march.”

“In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath.”

“The four and half crore of people in Odisha are my family, and I will serve them till the last breath.”

“More than anything I want to be fit so I don't get out of breath when I play football with the kids.”

“I lost weight to be healthy, not for any other reason. I never felt bad about being overweight, but I did start to feel tired and out of breath and I knew I needed to do something.”

“Even if you had the wherewithal to embarrass a reporter, there was no mechanism to do it. And in most cases, you might as well save your breath because the reporter had no shame anyway.”