Magic to be its best must be unexpected".

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.

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.

The sensation I had experienced vanished like smoke from a snuffed candlem, leaving behind wisps of nameless longing.

A brave heart doesn't pump coward's blood.

People will become what you think of them. See them for their beauty and they will rise up. See them for their darkness, and they will fall.

Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower.

He thought he was a wit, and he was half right.

I just found that the knowledge of ordinary Americans about Iran is very small - which is totally expected.

Very impressive. Where did you learn that?" Made it up just now.

Once in a while you get a moment of clarity - an inspiration - and they don't come that frequently.

If you can laugh together, you can work together.