My greatest regret is not having gone to Wellesley College. it is something I have felt a little sad about my whole life.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.

I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.

it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

You have to have a plot too, you know? Because without it, your life is less of a story and more of an empty paper.

Tragedy is a disaster

To be able to travel the world, especially to places I never thought I'd be it's really, you know, still fascinating for me.

A photograph is a mirror; mostly it reflects the prejudices of the viewer.

You're as white as a nun's buttock. Are you all right?

Probably saying a 30-second prayer at a key moment has done more good than any psychotherapy or drugs I've prescribed.

He who has good health is young.

The only thing I'm afraid of is a life without you, Pigeon.

I didn't know dirty words could be done that artfully.

No worse a husband than the best of men.