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

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.

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.

He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination.

To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the tortureOf restlessness and vague desire--It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.

Actually, you can be bad at something...but if you love doing it, that will be enough. - August Boatwright

We're all so afraid of what everyone around us thinks that we risk ourselves to desperation. It's utterly stupid. It's utterly frightening. But it's utterly human.

Immorality is the word we use to describe people that are not sinning the same way we are.

Life gets boring with only humans to talk to.

I think it is nice for people to appreciate a slow-burning, beautiful story that makes you feel good when it is over.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

Dearest, loveliest Elizabeth! What do I not owe you! You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you, I was properly humbled.

The time is not yet ripe to say what happened. When history's ready, then we can talk about it

Nothing is so impenetrable as laughter in a language you don't understand.