"Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most humane."

"It is my firm belief that DeForest Kelley was the kind of man God had in mind when he created Adam. If this sad old world could boast a much larger population of DeForest Kelley types, it would indeed be a wonderful place." -- Kris Smith, De's star polisher on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and his personal assistant/caregiver the last 90 days of his life.

"When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night, and pay no worship to the garish sun." Wm. Shakespeare.