Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.

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?

Chocolate is an excellent flavor for ice cream but both unreasonable and disconcerting in chewing gum.

He does kiss like a pirate though, I was able to re-affirm that.

There aren't nearly enough worldly mansions for the kind folks who deserve them.

In Israel, waves of anger and fear circulate all the time, but so do jokes and gossip and silky evening breezes. So, too, in America.

It is natural to want to have a future.

I don't really memorize every little thing I have to do because then I start to think about it too much! I like to keep it in the here and now and not what's coming up.

When you interact with another, an illusion is part of this dynamic. This illusion allows each soul to perceive what it needs to understands in order to heal.

I can't be an ingenue forever, and I wouldn't want to be.

People who go to the polar regions are statistically less likely to die than salesmen who drive on motorways in England.

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do