There was a certain power beautiful mothers held over their less beautiful daughters.

It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.

Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.

Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.

Every life needs a little space. It leaves room for good things to enter it.

Don't let anyone see your vulnerable spots. Once they knew how to hurt you, they would do it again and again.

I needed to stop being what everyone thought I was.

The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.

She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.

You can't change where you come from, but you can change where you go from here. Just like a book. If you don't like the ending, you make up a new one.

She was so Southern that she cried tears that came straight from the Mississippi, and she always smelled faintly of cottonwood and peaches.

God is my King.

The Law of Attraction is a theory. Cosmic Ordering is a practice putting that theory to work.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Reading is not an operation performed on something inert but a relationship entered into with another vital being.

Audiences want to see intelligent movies.

Germany's fate is decided first and foremost in Europe. Reconciliation and cooperation in Europe have brought us freedom, peace and prosperity. Who would have dared to believe so much 50 years ago?

Its just kind of known in the music industry that a farewell tour means for now.

Overcoming the difficulties of an ultramarathon reminds me that I can overcome the difficulties of life

Technology promises to let us do anything from anywhere with anyone. But it also drains us as we try to do everything everywhere. In a surprising twist, relentless connection leads to a new solitude.

Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.