I have produced things that I would say were sincerely cheerful. But then I am reminded by other people that no one else would see them that way.

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.

I have lived with you and loved you, and now you are gone. Gone where I cannot follow, until I have finished all of my days.

They were villages forgotten in the depth of time, peopled by creatures chained forever to their tiny destinies.

When in doubt, I read Oscar Wilde.

The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.

Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.

As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie.

I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye.

It was quite a process to narrow more than 400 columns down to 80. I write weekly, though, and I don't always write about President [Barack] Obama, so that was the easy elimination.

My alma mater was books, a good library.

Always try to see yourself through God's eyes.