The moral of this story is that no matter how much we try, no matter how much we want it ... some stories just don't have a happy ending.

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.

We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.

Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.

After you have made your commitment to say no to what no longer serves you, you will probably be invited to demonstrate that you really mean it.

I've dealt with Hollywood about having my work made into a film or cartoon but nothing came of it. That's not to say I wouldn't like to see something happen.

Whoopi and I have been friends ever since she claimed she couldn't sing on the set of Sister Act.

I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.

The only people who don't make mistakes are the people who don't do anything.

I'm kind of an emotional exhibitionist.

On Chris Evert: Before I even met her, she stood for everything I admired in this country: poise, ability, sportsmanship, money, style.

People who read are people who dream.