Adulthood isn't black and white - it's a thousand shades of grey. Or taupe. It's not who you are, it's where you are.

However much we know about birth in general, we know nothing about a particular birth. We must let it unfold with its own uniqueness.

It couldn't last of course. They both knew it. Not the evening, Not the holiday.

Childbirth calls into question our very existence, requiring an expectant couple to confront not only new life but death, pain, fear and, most of all, change.

The cracks in your heart are there so the light can shine through.

Don’t.” His voice was harsh. “Don’t do that.” She exhaled.“You’re lovely. Lovelier than before.

The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it

There are heroes and schmucks in all worlds. The most important thing is whether you are willing to engage in moral struggle against yourself.

Spend sixteen weeks in the jungle and you being to question your own sanity, especially when you are the one goading everyone else ahead.

The body is the one thing you can't fake; it's just got to be there.

I'm not prepared for a zombie apocalypse. I need more bottled water, a shotgun, and stronger abs. I have plenty of canner food.

The love of art in its many forms lives on and enables us to enjoy the past, the present, and look with confidence to the future.

Never allow anyone else to define your success.

I'll tell you what I'm fighting for. Not for England, nor her allies, nor any patriotic cause. It's all come down to the hope of being with you.

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.

For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism.