Everybody has their burdens, their grief that they carry with them.

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.

I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.

Laughter was like an enormous trap waiting patiently in the room with them

Leather and lace is such a sexy combination.

Frozen in fear, you avoid responsibility because you think your experience is beyond your control. This stance keeps you from making decisions, solving problems, or going after what you want in life.

Knowledge is power only when put to use - and then only when the use made of it is constructive.

I think anything that affects me in my personal life is going to help me be a better artist on stage.

When the soul hears no other calls than those of the sweet chaos of daily good and evil.

I've never been to rehab, I've never been to psychotherapy or the doctor or anything like that. I went to a church and I was prayed for, and I've always had a great relationship with God.

The Golden Age of science fiction is thirteen.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.