I was a lawyer and I loved it, but my Francesca was born, and a divorce followed way too soon after.

Because the thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it.

I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly.

If you cant be brave then be determined. And you will end up in the same place.

Let's talk about a decision that women have to make every morning- Big purse or little purse?

Any middle-aged woman knows that our feet are not for the faint of heart, especially in midwinter. I wear clogs, so it's actually like my feet are wooden now.

It's the Snickers bars. Snickers equal romance.

Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.

The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.

I am really, I think, truly an easygoing, positive, fun person.

People project all sorts of emotions onto their cats, and cats like it that way.

You need to experience fear in order to be capable of Universal love. If you can’t acknowledge fear, you can’t change it.

Would they be cheered by their recovery, or marked for life by their trauma?

In wildness is the salvation of the world.

True silence is a garden enclosed, where alone the soul can meet its God.

We must find out for ourselves that inside us is a god or goddess in embryo that wants to be born so that we can express our divinity.

[Immigrants ] are going back where they came. If they came from a certain country, they are going to be brought back to their country. That's the way it's supposed to be.

Even loss and betrayal can bring us awakening.

I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.

Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.

If I shall be condemned Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else But what your jealousies awake, I tell you 'Tis rigor and not law.