It was true; always had been. Friendships were like marriages in that way. Routines and patterns were poured early and hardened like cement.

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.

Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.

Right is what benefits a nation, even if it is against the will of the people.

It's leviOsa, not levioSA!

It was just an idea I had, that it could be cool to have a book covered in fake fur.

I don't care about what people think about me.

Our good purposes foreslowed are become our tormentors upon our deathbed.

There is too much doing - too little being! When we begin to get strenuous, life begins to grow intolerable.

The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today.

Michael Pitt is amazing. His physical comedy is extraordinary; he's so committed and so willing to play within the scenes. It makes you feel very free to also explore.

I want the people of New York to be an example to the rest of the country, and the rest of the world, that terrorism can't stop us.