How can it be, after all this concentrated effort and separation, how can it be that I still resemble, so very closely, my own detestable mother?

Be careful what you get good at doin', cuz you'll be doin' it for the rest of your life.

My parents seemed incredibly special and outrageously handsome to me then.

This is the crepe. This is the cider. This is how we live and eat.

For I think belief in God is not a matter of reason at all

When I'm nervous, I stutter, and I had to keep stopping and starting.

When the leaders speak of peace, the common folk know war is coming.

We are all born with a grab bag of gifts and gaps. Identify your true talents, then find out how to use them to make money.

Books fall open, you fall in, delighted where you've never been.

When the ship is going down we trouble ourselves little enough about the style of the cabin furniture.

Volleyball anchored me at a time in my life when I needed it. It gave me a reason for being this big, big girl.

Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit.

I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.

It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe.