I don't like futons. They can't commit. I'm a bed! I'm a couch! I'm a bed! I'm a couch!

Divorce isn't such a tragedy. A tragedy's staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce.

I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.

Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you, the thing you think you can't survive...it's the thing that makes you better than you used to be.

You should be concerned about the state of your soul, not the state of your bank account.

He loved me. He loved me, but he doesn't love me anymore, and it's not the end of the world.

Everyone has sorrow. Everyone has obligations. Everyone keeps going. You lean on the people who love you. You do the best you can, and you keep going.

People will want you to behave a certain way, to make a certain choice because it reinforces the way they see the world...But you have to do what's right for you.

My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick lit or mommy lit or menopausal old hag lit.

Head's all empty, I don't care,' he'd sing to me, quoting the Grateful Dead, and I'd force a smile, thinking that my head was never empty and that if it ever was, you could be darn sure I'd care.

Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college.

If he only knew how she refuse to let him go even when he was gone ~

Let your love be your guide. Let your courage be your driver, and let your passion be your road to enjoy this magnificent life to the fullest.

God rewards every act of obedience to His Will.

We are all part of something magnificent.

A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.

Only he deserves power who every day justifies it.

The mid-day meal is a well-intentioned scheme and has to be implemented effectively.

I'm pretty as a girl.

Luck is earned. Luck is working so hard at your craft, service or enterprise that sooner or later you get a break.