We chase wild dreams and long for all that eludes us, when the greatest joys are within our grasp, if we can only recognize them.

There's no such thing as a lost cause.

There's a reason for everything, you said, and though it's a mystery to me now, I know it won't always be so.

...like the 75 billion souls who lived before him, each and every one a treasure, he, too, will die.

On the horizon, he saw the full moon. God dropped it there, he was sure, as a reminder of our small place in the world. A reminder that what is beautiful is fleeting.

And I was even beginning to think home might be with you.

In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life.

...the enduring human need to be remembered.

There's death and life, you see. We all shine on. A leaf, a star, a song, a laugh. Notice the little things, because somebody is reaching out to you. ...Somebody loves you.

History is changed by martyrs who tell the truth.

The place cast a spell on me, a lovely spell that seduced me one one breath at a time.

Respect doesn't come without a little resentment.

Inspiration strikes at very funny times.

So the false spider, when her nets are spread, deep ambushed in her silent den does lie.

Creativity is a spiritual issue.

Raise children who do the right things for the right reasons.

I think it's important to share emotion, feelings. Everything the words can't explain. I just want to convey what I'm feeling, thinking.

You don't love people for what they can give you. You don't love them because of what they do for you or how good you make them look. Love is blind, love does not boast, love is not vain.

I don't like acting; not in front of the camera.