Some stories don't have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories.

I am such a Pacific Northwest girl.

Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs.

Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

And no one drank just one shot of tequila.

And maybe that was how it was supposed to be...Joy and sadness were part of the package; the trick, perhaps,was to let yourself feel all of it, but to hold on to the joy just a little more tightly.

A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.

Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.

That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.

From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other.

Live in the beauty of love to live in peace.

When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.

Mariam saw now the sacrifices a mother made. Decency was but one.

When he comes to the doorhe always looks mocking and half-way angry.You can see he has sympathy for nothing.It's written on his foreheadthat he can love no one.

Space travel for everyone is the next frontier in the human experience.

Spring ... made fair false promises which summer was called upon to keep.

The greatest part of our faults are more excusable than the methods that are commonly taken to conceal them.

Metaphor impinges on everything, allowing us - poets and non-poets alike - to experience and think about the world in fluid, unusual ways.

When you treat people with massive respect and kindness, amazing to me how they return your respect and kindness 100X...even though you expected zero in return.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.