Other flowers came at the end of the summer, but by then the winter sadness had already dissipated, and the effect of the blooms was not the same.

I can still bring into my body the joy I felt at seeing the first trillium of spring, which seemed to be telling me, "Never give up hope, spring will come.

My breathe would catch at the sight of violets-so common in the woods at home, so surprising in the mountains. The violet's message was "Keep up your courage, stay true to what you believe in." p264

Ava, "Since shewas right, Daddy Shane has been calling her ourwalking, talking Magic 8 Ball, although we’re notallowed to shake her when we want answers.

I was made for action movies.

These are the rules of big business...Get a monopoly; let society work for you; and remember that the best of all business is politics.

What we call wildness is a civilization other than our own.

If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.

I think this show I'm going to do,' Awake,' if it's done well, will not only be provocative and entertaining, but help people. I want to do that.

But as when an authentic watch is shown, Each man winds up and rectifies his own, So in our very judgments.

No matter what happened to you in your past, you are not your past, you are the resources and the capabilities you glean from it. And that is the basis for all change.

It was a sh*t sandwich.