Like my grandmother always said, 'you never know the blessings that come from suffering.

My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.

...Difficult relationships come into our lives for a reason. No one would choose them, certainly. But if we let them, they can teach us how to be flexible with others and more forgiving.

I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.

Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It's how God helps us cope.

When you have something so important, something that you'll stay awake for, something you know that you were designed to do, well, it's worth getting a few dark circles, don't you think?

When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.

You've got to love yourself with all your short comings, and you've got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.

A heart will say amazing things if it's given half a chance.

Staring down hard truth takes guts.

Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything.

Holy Faith is fear for God.

Those who learned to know death, rather than to fear and fight it, become our teachers about life.

I feel that the people I see in the media are sometimes more real than I am, which is utter bullshit.

In my dreams it happens, when I wake up I just hope for an even better and stronger UN.

I would like my work to be thought of as a celebration of life and nature.

I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

A master blesses calamity, for the master knows that from the seeds of disaster (and all experience) comes the growth of self.

2020. There'll be cold fusion. We'll actually be able to power our cars with our own feces. That's right. The emissions problem will be a little intense, but just light a match.

Fight Club is a thrill ride masquerading as philosophy - the kind of ride where some people puke and others can't wait to get on again.

Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of good works are horizontal, not vertical.