I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful dark

The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know.

The gods only go with you if you put yourself in their path. And that takes courage.

The mills of God work like lightning compared with the law.

Every life has a death, and every light a shadow. Be content to stand in the light, and let the shadow fall where it will.

You never know how you'll turn out till you've been down to half a dollar and no prospects.

Where two Greeks are gathered together, there will be at least three political parties represented, and possibly more.

To plant a garden is the chief of the arts of peace.

I knew that I had turned my world back to cinders, sunk my lovely ship with my own stupid, wicked hands.

The place for truth is not in the facts of a novel; it is in the feelings.

It is never wise to turn aside from knowing, however the knowing comes.

Mariam saw now the sacrifices a mother made. Decency was but one.

I believe that everyone can appreciate the right of a family to grieve the loss of a loved one in peace, regardless of anyone's position on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.

Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.

My first thought in moments of darkness and doubt is, "Who can I call? Who can I share this with?" Connection and sharing saves me every time.

..and only sticks and stones can break my bones.

When I look back on my marriages, or the breakups, sure I know the pain I went through, but that's part of life and it has its own value.

I hate being tickled. Sure, it makes me laugh, but when I get tickled, I get pissed off. I'm like a monkey when I get tickled - woo-hoo!

I have enough energy to insist on saying what I think.

You're never so bad you can't have a Savior, no matter how much you've sinned.