Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Amazing grace

The best thing about being 40 is that you can appreciate 25-year-old men more.

It was not the sorrow of the world that broke the heart of Christ, but its wickedness. He was equal to its sorrow ... He began by being the world's healer. But what broke him was its sin.

I have the best memories as a kid eating ice cream. It was a family tradition that I had with my father. It was nice.

Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil.

My earliest childhood memory is watching the sunlight through a jar of amber full of wasps.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and thine own soul shall be refreshed.

I understand the lifelong scars born by women who are victims of assault and abuse.

Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.

I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin.