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

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

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.

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

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

The theory of emptiness…is the deep recognition that there is a fundamental disparity between the way we perceive the world, including our own existence in it, and the way things actually are.

Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre.

We do not remember days we remember moments.

I have stood on a mountain of no's for one yes.

I think that the Democratic Party is a big tent, which means that there are positions I may not agree with.

Two people who are a little bit deluded in each other's favour. That's what love is, isn't it?

When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow.

My hope is that my novels reflect the reality of a world where good and evil exist, imperfect people make mistakes, but a perfect Heavenly Father offers forgiveness and second chances.

It is my belief CAFTA will be beneficial for Alabama and the United States as a whole.

As an actor, you can't say, "I'm going to try to be cool at all cost when I do this," because that's the opposite of what you need to do as an actor.