There is plenty of dignity in just holding on

For we are all bound in stories, and as the years pile up they turn to stone, layer upon layer, building our lives.

The trust I have...for some people...comes down to how well I know them, and then it's a matter of my trusting them to do what I think they're going to do.

If all we seek is an escape, what does that say about the world we live in. We are desperate with our dreams. What - oh, what - does that say?

Don't try to be the missing key in my life, and I won't be the unmatched lock, that doesn't let you in.

All of it—for this. Leading us to a door we can't open, a password we don't have.

Hey, you know I might not be perfect! But I'm a wonderful work in progress!

Wood may remain ten years in the water but it will never become a crocodile.

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here.

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there's only one topic of conversation.

I love taking on roles that I haven't yet done in my career.

We cannot make bargains for blisses, / Nor catch them like fishes in nets; / And sometimes the thing our life misses, / Helps more than the thing which it gets.

Sometimes my worst day - one filled with pain and suffering - in the eyes of God, is my best day if I've born it cheerfully and I've born it with love.