The raising of a child is the building of a cathedral. You can't cut corners.

Did children want sports cars for parents? No. They wanted Hondas. They wanted to know that the car would start in all seasons.

People worried about our passing over into some robotic state, but we were so much like robots already, programmed and easy to manipulate.

The Earth is an animal that shakes off its fleas when they dig too deep, bite too hard.

When you reach out to God humbly, you'll find that He's already reaching out to you.

Ben walks in the room and asks, “What were you guys doing?” Nikki says “Nothing” at the same time I say, “Your sister and I were just makin’ out.

I never particularly thought of myself as great with girls. I can be awkward, and I have a strange sense of humor at times. But I've also been learning to try and embrace that.

Why do we work so hard to feel so terrible?

I think this is every mother's worst nightmare - something dreadful happening to her child.

Achieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it.

Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely.

With great care we might have a dog's chance, but no more.

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.