I think what a family is shouldn't be so hard to see. It should be the one thing people know just by looking at you.

A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing. You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may need.

A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing, " Grandma says. "You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may need...

Grandma sees these things when she talks about them and gestures with her hands like she's painting brush strokes in the air. The way Grandma paints her dreams for me, there's a low sky.

I wish you were small again, so I could hold you in my arms and comfort you. But you are grown, and you know that for some things there is no comfort.

When I write...I am in the fond armsof a childhood friendupon whose colorful heart I can hang the charcoal drawingsof my woes.

A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does NOT triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.

The more you cook, the better you'll look.

The most serious film can be the most fun. The one that's supposed to be fun can be the most serious.

There aint any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage stamp, and have room to spare.

The people of New Orleans have gotten to rock bottom. And the only way out in my mind is for them to really understand it, and then to really choose to get better.

Workers in different countries can easily be played off against each other.

It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world.