I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.

I am such a Pacific Northwest girl.

Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs.

Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

And no one drank just one shot of tequila.

And maybe that was how it was supposed to be...Joy and sadness were part of the package; the trick, perhaps,was to let yourself feel all of it, but to hold on to the joy just a little more tightly.

A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.

Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.

That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.

From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other.

Pursue what catches your heart rather than what catches your eye.

I am isolated. I sit in a glass ball, I see people through a glass wall. I scream, but they do not hear me.- Ellen West

Man is not weak - knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength.

Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle.

Lies are usually attempts to make everything simpler - for the liar - than it really is, or ought to be.

The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

The trouble with class reunions is that old flames have become even older.

Vengeance is a lazy form of grief.

... can life be made undignified by any act of man?

Now my charms are all o'erthrown.