A piece of writing is only worth doing if you're a different person at the end of the process than you were at the beginning.

The river was so blue it seemed to be breathing.

So we recast the wisdom of the great thinkers in the shape of our illusions. They are shiny from their makeovers, they are fabulous and gorgeous, and they want us to know that we can have it all.

Even in your smallest gestures, you express your sense of honor, if you have one.

Every choice we make is either a growth choice or a fear choice.

Excellence is not an event but a habit.

Not everyone has to ride off into the sunset with a man. Some of us just want a tan.

You are a reader, and therefore a thinker, an observer, a living soul who wants more out of this human experience.

As you strive to attain greater success in life, never forget to brace yourself for the worse”.

Even the mood of a lot of people, my dad gets on me a lot because he's like people love answers but I'm more for questions, ask the right questions.

absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

How can women be as thin as we are? We have personal trainers to work us out. We have specially prepared meals.

I sleep well. In my entire legal career, I have not lost much sleep at night worrying about things, because I've done what I could do in the time I had, and I've got some rest.

Fighting for and defending the values from the pulpit is critical. You can't love the Creator, and disrespect the creation.