But once you throw a stone, there are ripples in the pond, even if you remove the rock.

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.

There comes a time for everybody when words and reasons can become such a great weariness.

Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

I'm back into fashion which is great! Because they do all the terrible work of production for me.

President Obama has admitted that Medicare is on an unsustainable course and that no amount of tax increases can fix it.

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit.

People who believe in themselves and in a cause greater than themselves can achieve great things-as long as they have a well-intentioned leader to point them in the right direction.

A fantastic model of collaboration: thinking partners who aren't echo chambers.

The most merciful thing a large family can do to one of its infant members is to kill it.

There is one and only one possible road to joy: selfless love.

Real recognize real, I suppose.