Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage.

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.

I've always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it's never too late to transform ourselves.

One of my favorite movies is 'A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.'

When it comes to energy policy, I don't think that it's up to the individuals to make energy policy.

I will smash your face into a car windshield, and then take your mother, Dorothy Mantooth, out for a nice seafood dinner and never call her again.

Of course, I do not believe in having everyone who is a liberal called a communist, or everyone who is conservative called a fascist.

At the heart of happiness lies peace. It is the last and the highest attainment of the soul.

Know that I'm better solo. I invented solo.

I don't like all of the music to be serious and deadly.

Beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are still just able to endure, and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us.

Atheism is not the denial of the existence of God, but having doubts as to whether God is conscious.

You open doors when you open books... doors that swing wide to unlimited horizons of knowledge, wisdom, and inspiration that will enlarge the dimensions of your life.