If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched. – Erika Slezak
And at five oclock in the morning we left to drive to Old Tucson, and I sat with my mouth open in the van. I was stunned by the beauty of that country. – Erika Slezak
My parents had a wonderful marriage, but it was a very dependent relationship. My mother was entirely dependent on my father because thats how it was in those days. – Erika Slezak
But further, in order to embellish it with flowers of language and gems of thought, it is not necessary for this ornamentation to be spread evenly over the entire speech, but it must be so distributed that there may be brilliant jewels placed at various points as a sort of decoration. – Cicero, De oratore