Alaska is just such an incredibly beautiful place. Of any place that I have ever been to, it speaks such high volumes about God and creation.

This planet that God created for us to live in is just so breathtakingly beautiful.

Alaska is so unblemished. It really gives you a good look back at what the earth looks like without a lot human beings crawling all over it.

Hope is such an important component to moving forward and getting past the difficult times.

You never know if you have met your best friend in life yet. That still may be to come.

She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.

I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and I just wish I had been able to open myself up to them more.

It is more important to repeat a mantra several times with total absorption than to parrot it for hours on end.

There's a statement in the Quran: There should be "absolutely no compulsion in religion."

Every ethnic group thinks they are the chosen ones.

Where are you, bloodsuckers? Here, fangy, fangy, fangy...

I did a lot of strange things. But I am a bad Catholic that's for sure. Although I think it's difficult to believe in evil.

Happiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference.

Just because you’re on their side doesn’t mean they’re on your side.

I don't want to be made to look like I'm 25. I'm 39. I don't have any issues with my age.