At one point, she'd wanted to hurl the whole breakfast at the wall. And then she'd remember why it was that men had temper tantrums and women didn't: cleanup.

I am such a Pacific Northwest girl.

Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs.

Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

And no one drank just one shot of tequila.

And maybe that was how it was supposed to be...Joy and sadness were part of the package; the trick, perhaps,was to let yourself feel all of it, but to hold on to the joy just a little more tightly.

A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.

Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.

That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.

From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other.

From a personality point of view, you develop judgment, but from the sou's point of view, you develop appreciation.

When the president went around the table to the country's national security leadership, Hillary was clear: We have to go get bin Laden. And our Special Operations Forces did just that.

I didn't get where I am today by worryin' about how I'd feel tomorrow.

If White men were not complaining, it would be an indication we weren't succeeding and making the inroads that we are.

Every angle that I looked at was somebody who I admired and was better than me. So it made me very afraid.

I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching.

Yoga is the journey from just eating and sleeping to becoming an ecstatic being. This is the aspiration of life itself.

If you have ever spray-painted your girlfriends name on an overpass, you might be a redneck.

Each elect soul ... possesses God directly and finds in that unique possession the fulfillment of his own individuality.

I can no longer live by thinking.