But what was the point of living so quietly you made no noise at all?

You are unique, and this is a beautiful, beautiful thing, grasshopper.

People aren't always what you want them to be

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

Free the snow globes!

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

Board the cows! We've come to enslave your marigolds.

All things are possible.

I've had so many bikini waxes, I cry every time I see a Popsicle stick.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

It is a giggle full of high spirits and merry mischief, proof that we never lose our girlish selves, no matter what sort of women we become.

Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.

We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains will be able to understand the deepest workings?

In such a fearful world, we need a fearless church

Acknowledging and accepting whatever stuff you may have to let go comes easier when you love yourself.

From the movie, The Boy Who Could Fly Somewhere, deep inside, we can all fly.

In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect.

I always think that art is one of the most wonderful exciting curious ways to learn. I have no worries or apologies about art being used as a teaching medium.

You must act in the face of reality, never taking counsel of you own worst fears.

A genial hearth, a hospitable board, and a refined rusticity.

I never thought I was particularly talented, and to be honest with you, I still don't.