Anderson Cooper

The farther you go, however, the harder it is to return. The world has many edges, and it's easy to fall off.

The tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible.

Politics was his passion, but he wasn't suited for the rough-and-tumble of the game. He felt things too deeply. There was no wall between his head and his heart.

Not to sound too Dr. Phil all of a sudden, but I think the key to survival is to embrace one's past and to not run away from it. And to come to some sort of relationship with it or understanding of it.

Never too late to change your relationship with somebody in your life.

I don't have much experience, but the few times when I would go on a date with a girl - like when I was 12 - there was a lot of sharing, and a lot of talking, and a lot of asking how I am. They thought we were dating, and I was sort of hoping to meet their brothers.

Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.

My mother has been famous for longer than anyone else alive.

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

Each child__ story is worthy of telling. There shouldn__ be a sliding scale of death. The weight of it is crushing.