We are the dead. We are the keepers of the stories. We hold the history of blood and promises. We are speaking. Are you listening? Will you hear?

You are unique, and this is a beautiful, beautiful thing, grasshopper.

People aren't always what you want them to be

And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

Free the snow globes!

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

Board the cows! We've come to enslave your marigolds.

All things are possible.

I've had so many bikini waxes, I cry every time I see a Popsicle stick.

I'm sorry, Gemma. But we can't live in the light all of the time. You have to take whatever light you can hold into the dark with you.

It is a giggle full of high spirits and merry mischief, proof that we never lose our girlish selves, no matter what sort of women we become.

Authenticity is the most fundamental, but challenging attribute for leadership.

Always remember: When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.

A man who wants to make a relationship work will move mountains to keep the woman he loves

By saying you don’t care if the world falls apart, in some small way you’re saying you want it to stay together, on your own terms.

Everyone knows that our current system is kind of like legalized prostitution. The corporate sector completely controls the civic sector.

There's not a lot of towns that I can go to and take family - too many incongruous knocks on doors - "Hello, honey. Have you missed me?"

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

I represent the Democratic party... I've never been nor do I ever plan to be a John McCain supporter. I support Barack Obama.