They may have forgotten how badly they treated you, or they may pretend that they have forgotten. But watch: They will come back to you.

I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.

My mother's gifts of courage to me were both large and small. The latter are woven so subtly into the fabric of my psyche that I can hardly distinguish where she stops and I begin.

She said, 'No, you learned that you have power - power and determination. I love you and I am proud of you. With those two things, you can go anywhere and everywhere.

Go, " she whispered. "Go. Show them you spell your name W-O-M-A-N.

Trust your brain to suggest a solution, then have the courage to follow through.

I want you to write down your blessings.

When YOU stop believing one person in the world cannot make a difference

Let your soul be washed by the waves of love to feel the joy of life.

Louis de Bernires is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh. . .he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste.

It has not been unknown that judges persist in error to avoid giving the appearance of weakness and vacillation.

When I hear a writer say that they ‘put in a call,’ I want to pull my hair out.

If anyone will listen I will continue to sing.

If you do not let go of thinking about forms, you will not understand what I am showing.

Be humble like Mary so that you can be holy like Jesus

From adult diapers to bedpans? Move over, Elvis, I’m the afterlife of the party!

School is cool. Thats why it rhymes