I went to the bedroom and lay on the floor, so as not to mess up the covers.

But, like ivy, we grow where there is room for us.

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.

That day I carried the dream around like a full glass of water, moving gracefully so I would not lose any of it.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.

Don't wait to be sure. Move, move, move.

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.

... we had once called out hello into the cauldron of the world and then run away before anyone could respond.

Inelegantly, and without my consent, time passed.

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.

The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don't tell you what to see.

The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

A good wife is someone who thinks she has done everything right: raising the kids, being there for the husband, being home, trying to do it all.

The protestant martyrs and their monuments testify to the fact that they died, not on account of ecclesial differences, but because the issue was the way of salvation.

I don't deny myself food. I'm no saint. I love butter and cream, but I also eat lots of grains and fruits.

If we Americans are split into two meaningful camps, it is not conservative versus liberal. The two camps are the politically awake and the hypnotized.

This was my moment to look for the kind of healing and peace that can only come from solitude.

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have a hard enough time just getting things right. Arguing is for string players.

And as long as you are in any way ashamed before yourself, you do not yet belong with us.

If you want a happy ending you have to go out and take it.