To envy is to draw circles that isolate us from others, to take small, bitter trips that diminish the traveler.

To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere, without moving anything but your heart.

We should all have one person who knows how to bless us despite the evidence, Grandmother was that person to me.

We revisit those places where we experienced love, as pilgrims return to holy places, to be reminded, restored, and reaffirmed by them.

One of the earliest religious disappointments in a young girl's life devolves upon her unanswered prayer for a horse.

there is probably no such thing as an innocent question, at least not when a parent is doing the asking.

The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing.

We observe that one of the great attributes of discretion is that it can mask ignorance of all the most common and lowly varieties, and Walter Moody was nothing if not excessively discreet.

I love youas much as the oceankisses the shoreno matter how many timesit is sent away.

Getting rich is not real and staying rich is real.

If I had to give up cheese or chocolate, I'd give up chocolate in a heartbeat.

Sleep well in your room all three together... don't worry about me being alone.

Everybody's got a hungry heart.

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

To be patriotic, hate all nations but your own; to be religious, all sects but your own; to be moral, all pretenses but your own.

It is by doing anything that we become anyone