Our great adventure ran out of petrol and stopped on this farm.

She taught me what's important, and what isn't. And I've never forgotten. And that's what mothers do, I say.

I’m alone with the ghost of the swamp, somewhere near the weeping willows.

I'm not sure if my dream is a dream, or a nightmare.

And I feel like a real Dad when I read to her at night. She won't sleep without one story, at least.

I tell him about ... Jack and Annabel, smart and ready and I'm wondering where all that smart comes from and I figure some from parents, some from school, and some from a place inside you.

It was a good apple too. A good apple, picked by a madman on a full moon night.

I'm glad she left me the kids. I'd be lost without them. Lost and bitter. With them here, I'm only bitter.

I walked out of his room sure I'd said the right thing maybe not as a father but as a Dad. I'd said the right thing, for once in my life.

She didn't have an answer for that. People like her only ever have questions.

I know that today, with a full tank, and with Annabel, that it's time to go.

In arguing, what people lack in intellect they usually make up for in name-calling.

Trouble will come soon enough and when he does come receive him as pleasantly as possible ... the more amiably you greet him the sooner he will go away.

Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.

Good politics starts with empathy, proceeds to analysis, then sets out values and establishes the vision, before getting to the nitty-gritty of policy solutions.

I started out playing ukulele when I was 5 or 6 years old.

I have smelt all the aromas there are in the fragrant kitchen they call Earth; and what we can enjoy in this life, I surely have enjoyed just like a lord!

The worst thing that can be done to children is to drain their energy while correcting them.

I shall despair when I despair of myself, of God and humanity.

I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall.

If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds.