I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.

I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.

it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

He must have seen her shock, because he said, "You can't defeat the power of the book. But you can make it work for you.

The less he understands something, the more firmly he believes in it.

Donald Rumsfeld. Love him or hate him, you've gotta admit: a lot of people hate him.

Bravery is the dead man’s virtue.

Don't allow your old self to distract you from a better version of you that you could become.

I don't want to say anything about my kids . . . but I go to PTA meetings under an assumed name!

Failure is an inside job. So is success. If you want to achieve you have to win the war in your thinking first.

Evil is, good or truth misplaced.

Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.

I would love to love something, especially if I could do it without feeling like I was watching it die right in front of me.