In six harrowing weeks of travel I felt I had touched the heart of Africa and found it broken.

Almost astride the Equator, night fell like a portcullis. The sun dropped below the horizon and suddenly all was dark.

Curiosity also makes a great student.

To the champ, everything is serious business. I'm hoping that he'll live long enough to learn that in this world that is a very dangerous attitude.

So, you invite a wild rabbit living in Italy to a party on the island of Crete. What’s it supposed to do, swim there? Its little tux would get wet.

Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

The proposal is the only thing that the guy has control over in the entire wedding deal. It is your one chance to make this moment stand out, not only for you, but for her.

I am very happy in second-hand bookshops; would a gardener not be happy in a garden?

Love is one of the hardest words to say and one of the easiest to hear.

A prosecutor's job is to file the evidence wherever it takes us.

I've had great people come in my life, meaning not just men, but women, support me and empower me. So that has lifted me to be the woman I am.

I commend women who wake up 30, 40 minutes early to put on eyeliner. I think it's ­beautiful. I'm just not that person.