It made me realize that Beatrice had changed

One thing we entirely forget when making decisions is the fact that the results concern and throw back to the decision maker not the one it seeks to please.

Don't let a mediocre person tell you what you are capable of or how your future is going to be.

Trust not too much to appearances.

I grew up in Marin County north of San Francisco, and in the 1950s and '60s it was a natural paradise.

Americans have an extraordinary love-hate relationship with the rich culture they've created. They buy, watch and read it even as they ban, block and condemn it.

If you cannot measure it, then it is not science.

My dad sold encyclopedias and my mom worked in a factory office.

We must learn from Mary, and we must imitate her unconditional readiness to receive Christ in her life.

How could Hillary clinton not come off as human! I mean, even Nurse Ratched was human. I don't think people are interested in 30 years of the past, and I don't get this notion of change-maker.

As soon as a man has his guard up, he will not fall in love or get attached. The only way he'll get attached is if you lower his guard first.