Haley

“Ya know, Joey,” Uncle Ed would say, “there’s no accountin’ for horses’ asses.” And Uncle Ed’s line became a key bit of shorthand between us, a private joke. When one foreign head of state came to the White House for a visit,…almost the first thing out of his mouth was this: “They say I am strong, Barack, and you are weak…We just looked at one another, and the president, cool as always, turned to me, raised an eyebrow and said, “Uncle Ed.”
― Joe Biden, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose

“I knew then that sweet tea embodies all that is good about the South and its hospitality. Life's too short not to enjoy, and it's too short not to have sweet tea.”
― Rick Bragg, Somebody Told Me: The Newspaper Stories of Rick Bragg

“He liked the cemetery. He told me once that it was where a man his age had to go to talk to anybody who could appreciate him.”
― Rick Bragg, Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South

“The United States is the only developed nation in the world that doesn't require paid leave for new mothers.”
― Hillary Rodham Clinton, Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty