There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise.

The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.

You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take.

Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.

The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.

It's okay to accept things from people. It doesn't make you weak or helpless.

funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story

You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen.

Like it takes so little not only to change something, but to make you forget the way it once was, as well.

What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed there, regardless.

Hey, and for what it's worth? Friends don't leave you alone in the woods. Friends are the ones who come and take you out.

I don't have that much forward planning about what I want to do next, or in the future.

Colonialism of one kind or another, imperialism of one kind or another, and slavery, and on and on and on.

Happiness is the most natural thing in the world when you have it, and the slowest, strangest, most impossible thing when you don't.

I got a bad migraine that lasted 3 years, and the pills I took made by fingers disappear.

There is superstition in avoiding superstition.

History teaches us that man learns nothing from history

To see truth as truth, we don't need a lot of study. It's not complicated. What we need is pure observation. An open mind and fresh eyes will serve us well.

Faith is a beam radiating from the face of God.

Spirituality is allowing compassion and love to flourish. When belongness begins, corruption ends.

It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore.