Concentrate on the things that matter to you.

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

Silence is what causes most of humanities problems.

The more we learn and stretch our comfort zone, the better our ability will be.

You must speak straight so that your words may go as sunlight into our hearts.

For years I wanted to be older and now I am.

I can't learn in school, but I can learn from somebody who I think is cool and great.

Poetry is a section of river-fog and moving boat-lights, delivered between bridges and whistles, so one says, 'Oh!' and another, 'How?'

You go through stages where you wonder whether you are Christ, or just looking for him.

The more active I am, the better I feel and the longer I can stay onstage without losing my breath.

Sometimes faggot is the right word. There's a trend in this country to avoid words: "We can't say that one anymore it's offensive."

If we pursue a spiritual path in depth, then it changes who and what we are. There is no turning back. We can only move forward.