The Inuit say that the stars are holes in heaven. And every time we see the people we loved shining through, we know they're happy.

Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me.

Love is not a because, it's a no matter what.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

‎Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.

Success is simple, but isn't easy because it demands execution, not intentions.

When you divorce someone, you divorce their whole family, Madeline had told her once.

Never try to fit a target audience. Write what is true to the characters in their settings and the audience will find you.

I heart abortion. Where's the shirt for that, urban outfitters?! And it won't be a normal heart. It'll be a dead infant heart. Y'know what the back will say? Problem Solved.

Keep your mind going in the right direction, and your life will catch up with it.

I was the world's ugliest baby. When I was born, the doctor slapped everybody.

This is the best Man United have played in Europe this season and, conversely, the opposition has been excellent.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

Maybe there's some unquenchable question that I keep asking the universe that I can't get an answer to.

Canada is the linchpin of the English-speakin g world