I like things which appear fragile but are tough inside.

I'm happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.

True delicacy is not a fragile thing.

The only limits are, as always, those of vision.

At every crossroad, be prepared to bump into wonder.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action.

Amazement awaits us at every corner.

Follow your own weird.

You can't test courage cautiously.” (Annie Dillard)

And as she held me, I suddenly realized that my lifelong search for love and acceptance had finally ended in the arms of a foster parent.

Whatever you have to say, leave The roots on, let them Dangle And the dirt Just to make clear Where they come from.

Love is ever where the heart will find it no matter how unlikely seems the place.

Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.

I started as a tap dancer in Durban, which is on the coast. That was an important part of growing up, turning on the radio in the morning and hearing Zulu singing or the news in Zulu.

You liberals are going to have to understand something: I'm not the one that wants to put limits on anybody. You people are.

I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits

Whatever God wants is fine by me. . . . I've had the very best life. I have tasted beauty

For the Nugent family, fast food is a running herbivore.