Inside her, great castles of comprehension, models of the world as she had understood it, shivered. She could not decide whether to let them crumble or to try desperately to save them.

Whether you go your separate ways or stay together, you will continue to witness--against ignorance, against cruelty, and on behalf of all that is beautiful about this strange and crooked world.

There is something embarrassing about someone else's grief. It is hard to know what to do around it. The right answer, always, is hugs.

Sometimes, it turns out, the most important decisions in life are made by your dog.

Sometimes, when we least expect it, we catch a glimpse of someone, a face, perhaps only a smile, and our heart latches on and will not let go. It may not be love at first, but soon and for always.

You cannot understand the teacher or their teaching without understanding the person the teacher is.

It isn't what happens to us in life that creates our joy, but rather how we respond to what happens in our lives.

Never give up and always keep fighting, because though times may be tough, the sacrifices do pay off, so just keep pushing towards your dream and just love it at the same time and enjoy it.

If a plane crashes and 99 people die while 1 survives, it is called a miracle. Should the families of the 99 think so?

To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.

It's not the place, I think. It's the people. We'd have all been the same anywhere else.

From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.

Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius.

And if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made—that you made—and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.