For Beatrice, when we met, my life began. Soon afterwards, yours ended.

Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Accidents happen all the time.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

Believe me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk

A wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interests than it is theirs to find his weak point.

Freedom is never granted. It is earned by each generation.

I try to read everything that I can about myself because Saddam Hussein didn't read his reviews and he thought he was winning!

Biology has at least 50 more interesting years.

Meditation is not spacing-out or running away. In fact, it is being totally honest with ourselves.

Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions.

What tries to break us is endlessly fascinating to me. Joy is a whole different game to express.

We have to face it: in America today the way to have fun and celebrate is to break a store window and take something. That's the way it is, today in America, and we have to accept it

Where had I been that I didn't know about imaginary friends? I could see the point of it. How a lost part of yourself steps out and remind you who you could be with a little work.