The reason I started officially learning to cook was because when I first got pregnant, I had to face the sad fact that I didn't even know how to boil an egg.

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.

I'm Bipolar with PTSD there's no shortage of pain inside of me

This is the sum; my brethren, preach Christ, always and evermore. He is the whole gospel. His person, offices, and work must be our one great all-comprehending theme

To love means to embrace and at the same time to withstand many endings, and many many beginnings- all in the same relationship.

To meet the energy challenge requires the most important energy of all - human creativity. That's the real prize.

If I see a problem (in the clubhouse), I say something right away. I don't wait two or three days.

If you make a mistake, it doesn't mean you're a mistake.

When the customer makes contact, he does not want a quote. He wants a commitment.

If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that's all.

When I die, there will be people who send flowers to Ethel Mertz.

Well, art has to be sexy.