When animals age, some humans see them as less valuable, less important and less entertaining.

Very few people around the world know that cancer kills more people than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined - until we get everyone to realize that, it will be tough to get them to act.

My advice: Take a second out of the day today and be thankful for your family.

When you see how fragile and delicate life can be, all else fades into the background.

Why do waiting rooms have to be so ominous?

I'd take my clothes off for chocolate and peanut butter.

Loving and parenting a dog as a single parent can create all sorts of new and unusual problems, but also new sources of joy.

My family always makes a huge deal out of Christmas.

Chemotherapy is an opponent in itself - simultaneously curing you and hurting you.

You forge different bonds with friends than with family, tell different secrets.

You always get apprehensive before you do shoots.

The best thing about being a writer is that 'work' is always something you love, plus usually accompanied by tea, coffee and cakes of some sort.

He cleared his throat. "I did get carried away with you. Couldn't help myself. And when I said it wouldn't happen again..." He risked skimming his fingers up her smooth shin. "I hope I lied.

We should not give away a moment to anyone who does not deserve it.

I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.

The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.

Reality and love are almost contradictory for me.

When you read, you think, and when you smoke, you think. It's a pleasurable thing, and not a duty.

Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.

If you don't have experience sewing, start with that, because that will inform what you are able to design.

I lay my head on the railroad track, waitin' on the Double E. But the train don't run by here no more, poor, poor, pitiful me.