She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.

You're in a horse race but you're thinking like a sheep. Sheep don't win horse races.

Sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential.

If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on their own.

It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

You didn't need a college degree to become one of the people who knew what was really going on. If you paid attention, you could pick things up on your own.

It is the most fundamental thing I know about being alive: Everything that lasts is invention followed by tenacious faith.

Most Religions are Social Clubs with expensive Entertainment Cheap Wine and Stale Crackers

Life is easier when you don't carry baggage from the past.

Something coming back from the dead was almost always bad news. Movies taught me that. For every one Jesus you get a million zombies.

Love is a virtue; it grows stronger and purer and less selfish by applying it to what it loathes; but theft is a vice involving the slave-idea that one's neighbor is superior to oneself.

Lumps are caused by one thing and one thing alone - the improper addition of a starch.

For the record, if there's anyone who could flirt with a mountain range, it's probably the person standing in front of you.

I didn't know whether to laugh, s*it, or go blind!

Art does not die because there is no more art. It dies because there is too much.

I just want my children to be happy. And to be good people. Proper people. That's all.