My mother had a look on her face that I'll never forget. It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing Bing, for being so foolish as to think she could use faith to change fate.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

Libraries are the pride of the city.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been.

Sarcasm is a manifestation of anger, and anger can make you the puppet of your opponents.

The lack of gratitude is the mother of misery.

I miss everything about you. Can't believe that I still want youAnd after all the things we've been through.

America is rising with a giant's strength. Its bones are yet but cartilages.

That's why crazy people are so dangerous. You think they're nice until they're chaining you up in the garage.

I was not I, I was nothing - and that seemed to me quite marvelous.

I don't know that you can compare it to another show because each show has its own individuality.

We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place.