A baby is a very heavy thing, any mother will tell you.

I just know when I quit looking to other people for directions, I found my own map.

You can't replace a tree anyway. Like people, you don't know how big they were till they're gone.

Good-bye is always hello to something else. Good-bye/hello, good-bye/hello, like the sound of a rocking chair.

True faith manifests itself through our actions.

I wondered then why children played so in the river, but adults ceased to see it with the same eyes. Why couldn't we embrace such simple joys?

No one is perfect till you make some feel you are perfect

They say you should not suffer through the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment take it off and let it drop.

Maybe we all want to burn off across the horizon, into space, perhaps, to take off into some unknown territory and meet ourselves out there.

Love is a choice -- not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guile.

The more people learn about them (Obama and Hillary) and how they handle the pressure, the more their support will evaporate.

You were firing questions at me today, trying to get inside my head. You asked if I believe in God. I told you of course I do - I've always had a strong sense of self

I’m a dancer who cannot dance.

There's lots of different ways of writing stuff and lots of different mindsets to have, but I think when it's your own creation, it's more pleasurable because you have total control.