I know about forgiving people and loving them anyway, even after they hurt you.

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.

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

The world of possibilities exists in any situation

I finished a big book the other day. 421 pages. That's a lot of coloring when you think about it.

The system is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country will permit.

A patent, or invention, is any assemblage of technologies or ideas that you can put together that nobody put together that way before. That's how the patent office defines it. That's an invention

The only way to cultivate a quiet mind is by planting seeds of silence.

My father did not rock. He just earned and hated. Don't end up like this man.

I'm pro-choice and those things, but I typically vote Republican.

There's no sin but stupidity.

China should be developing through the various foreign investments it receives. I hope for its level-headed and rational understanding that anything to discourage that is a disservice to itself.