Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

Our politics are our deepest form of expression: they mirror our past experiences and reflect our dreams and aspirations for the future.

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy.

To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his shadow, drag him into a murderous future. It is to circle around the other like a dead star and absorb him into a black light.