Suffering is not a prerequisite for happiness.

Although our love never dies, the pain of our loss can eventually dissolve.

Grief is a wound that needs attention in order to heal.

Appreciate life instead of resisting it.

Though we may not always be able to avoid pain, we can choose how much we suffer.

We learn to face the reality and the pain of our loss, to say good-bye to the dead loved one, to restore ourselves, and to reinvest in life once again.

Who you are when you have no power to say anything, and who you become when you have power to say everything will determine whether you are a leader or not.

In the busy haunts of men.

We were not a hugging people. In terms of emotional comfort it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail.

What's the worst thing about getting old? Getting old.

God not only sees where you are, He sees where you can be.

Only religion can lead to such evil.

Maggie Shipstead's prose is so graceful and muscular, so dazzling, so sure-handed and fearless, that at times I had to remind myself to breathe. Astonish Me is a treasure of small surprises.

Motherly love - putting the care of children before every other consideration - is the ultimate intelligence of nature.

We often don’t realize that where God puts us is the very place we need to be to receive what He wants to give us.

Your life's work is to find your life's work-and then to exercise the discipline, tenacity, and hard work it takes to pursue it