If people think that you're throwing babies out, dissecting children, to do stem-cell research, I'm not for that.

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

The fate of man does not chase him as much as he chases his fate.

I CLOSED MY EYES AND PRETENDED SHE WAS YOU. illutions- aprilynne pike

There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination.

Free advice is often overpriced.

Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.

No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat.

How would it be if we discovered that aliens only stopped by earth to let their kids take a leak?

I've learned the number one job of a pro manager is not to win championships but to keep their job.

Physical conditioning from regular exercise is important. And we can do so much more to keep our bodies strong.

From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.