What is the weight of a tear? The single tear falls when the buckets have stopped, when dry eyes and a slightly raised chin sometimes let it slip, like a prayer. It carries the weight of a lifetime.

I wanted my sons to know that, whatever kinds of prayers we utter, not matter how wretched, God hears them, even when we pray badly.

disregard the opinions of those you don't aspire to be, that's the first step to finding your own two feet.

Life is a dream made real through the power of our imaginations.

I want to feel proud and happy about my selflessness. But what happens when being selfless takes away a big part of your self?

Ebola then turns the insides of its host into jelly: you begin to vomit black junk which is basically your dissolved liver and internal organs.

It was the same way with silence. This was more than silence. A deaf person can feel vibrations. Here there was nothing to feel.

We did work together surprisingly well, more than I thought we would, because I didn't know before we met if we would actually work together really well, and we had a great time.

It is difficult for people to appreciate their own laughter unless you show them some pathos along the way.

The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

I don't have TiVo, but I watch a lot of 'Judge Judy' - it makes me happy about my life when I see what the people on that show do.

I've been in more laps than a napkin.