Anger, though, is too fierce a flame to last for long, and when it burned out, I was left numb and wondering.

Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me.

Love is not a because, it's a no matter what.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

‎Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.

Private prayers are the catalyst for public miracles.

During Life, we cultivate relationships by spending days with others.During eternity, we cultivate relationships by spending lifetimes with others.

Surrounding yourself with good people makes you feel better about yourself, making them strip tease makes you feel even better.

One might as well try to perform brain surgery with a sledgehammer.

Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up.

Your emotions are making it difficult for you to accept hard decisions.

Think of the poorest person you know and see if your next act will be of any use to him.

The parents in the room know that texting is actually the best way to communicate with your kids. It might be the only way to communicate with your kids.

I think NASCAR's coming to Canada now so it'll take on a whole new relevance. Be afraid.

A lot of times [in the movie industry], women are relegated to playing the wife or girlfriend or daughter.