“For all the effort human beings have devoted to extending life, it is strange that we have become so uncomfortable looking as though we have actually lived one. Because there is tremendous beauty in an old face.”

“I’d keep the towels and I’d keep the pride. But I’d like to think of ‘Grit and Grind’ as something we remember rather than an ideal to live up to. Grit should describe what we’ve survived. Let’s figure out how we want to describe the next chapter.”

“A clean Republican sweep in Tennessee, while still likely, is no longer an automatic slam dunk.”