To those who are here, those who are gone, and those who are lost.

I am such a Pacific Northwest girl.

Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs.

Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

And no one drank just one shot of tequila.

And maybe that was how it was supposed to be...Joy and sadness were part of the package; the trick, perhaps,was to let yourself feel all of it, but to hold on to the joy just a little more tightly.

A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.

Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.

That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.

From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other.

Follow your inner dreams

As an artist, if your work doesn't inflame at least part of the audience, then you might as well call it quits and sell insurance... The world needs more boundary pushers, not more boundary creators.

Despite her fears she found, The secret to an outstanding life, Is risking the fall, For the possibility of flight.

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm a state of intellectual magnificence which we must not squander on our way through life.

I am capable of being idle.

How awful to be a perfect beauty! How confusing! God. Can you imagine?

If all your clothes are worn to the same state, it means you go out too much.

My sister sometimes does a Todd Barry tribute act.

To succeed in chaining the multitude, you must seem to wear the same fetters.

Our roots are clinging, we shouldn't knock down so many old 'buildings.'