I think we keep these moments of rejection and acceptance very close. I think we carry them always, like cracked shells from which a part of us once hatched.

Hands have their own language.

For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched.

I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we can’t change.

The beauty of artifacts is in how they reassure us we’re not the first to die.

I wonder if things can happen too early or too late or if everything happens at exactly the right time. If so, how sad and beautiful.

You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

Every moment is the paradox of now or never.

For some people, life is the process of knocking through walls to get out. For others, it is the building of walls.

The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

A song rises up from the belly of my pastand rocks me in the bosom of buried memories.

To obey the commands of Scripture can finally become a delight when we see that the reasons almost always center around God's love and provision for us in Christ.

There is a proper balance between not asking enough of oneself and asking or expecting too much.

I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.

I'm always changing and learning about acting, and about myself. I just hope to always keep doing that.

I've always been - you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I'm just being who God made me to be.

As you get older, it's always a process of self-love, learning how to really do that for yourself instead of trying to find it outside yourself.

Multiple closets for different needs. Overkill.

I think, in terms of the media, journalists need to do a much better job of asking people they interview about conflicts of interest and then reporting them.

Although I've had several major career changes, I was extremely hesitant about making some of them.