It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to.

I am such a Pacific Northwest girl.

Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs.

Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

And no one drank just one shot of tequila.

And maybe that was how it was supposed to be...Joy and sadness were part of the package; the trick, perhaps,was to let yourself feel all of it, but to hold on to the joy just a little more tightly.

A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.

Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.

That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.

From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other.

Never treat people with disdain, they all deserve your respect irrespective of their faith or religion

Sometimes things work just because you think they work. It's as good a definition of faith as any.

We must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources.

Football isn't who we are, it doesn't necessarily define us. It's part of our life and it always will be, but football won't define us. Excellence does.

Life is a big fat gigantic stinking mess, that's the beauty of it, too.

I have other duties equally sacred ... Duties to myself.

The force of the spirit is ever progressive and endless. Its full expression makes it unconquerable in the world.

Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy.

The dead should not rule the living