Every adult grew from a kid who beat the odds. But at different times, in different places, the odds have been appallingly steep.

In an age of rust, she comes up stainless steel

She faces him, trying to take a breath that's long and level, trying to pull all the slopping emotions back inside so he won't see them in her face.

Because the bag is full of colours - starbursts and wheels and whorls of dazzling brightness that are as fine and complex in their structures as the branch is, only much more symmetrical. Flowers.

She's in the club. The hopelessly-outnumbered-and-surrounded-by-monsters club.

No amount of expertly choreographed PR could prevail, in the end, against Armageddon. It strolled over the barricades and took its pleasure.

Here's to our enduring sisterhood. May it bind us together more tightly that the Lycra in my Spanx underpants.

Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.

It is incomprehensible that God should exist, and it is incomprehensible that he should not exist.

Stay positive but stay focused. Sometimes things can distract you and you don't want to be distracted on the journey to that mountain top.

The eye awakened is the eye in love.

But it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.

Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same power in the word and in any sacrament whatever.

I always try to individualize everything, every person. I see individuals and that's why I've never fallen for racism, or any type or classification of people.

It is incredible, when you start believing in angels your life becomes a lot smoother.

It definitely deserved an Oscar, but not a Golden Globe.