Elizabeth Edwards

A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.

One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It's usually advised by consultants who don't want to see you march to the end of a limb.

I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.

I'm actually one of those people who get up energetic in the morning.

I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage.

I don't know why someone else's marriage has anything to do with me.

I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.

What we hope to achieve is a society that doesn't value a white man because he's a white man, but also doesn't value a woman because she's a woman, or a black because he's a black.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

I hope I have important things to say.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.

Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history.

Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable.

I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.

Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

I grew up in a Navy family.

I have an obligation to try to live as long as I can for my family.