When there is suffering, we look for a reason. That reason is easiest found within oneself.

Finding your way doesn't mean you always know where you're going. It's knowing how to find your way back home that's important.

Memories were like sunshine. They warmed you up and left a pleasant glow, but you couldn't hold them.

Sometimes it's best not to see your whole path laid out before you. Let life surprise you...There are more stars out there than just the ones with names. And they're all beautiful.

I'd heard of really bad things Klan folks did to Negroes. Mean, hateful, deadly things. I didn't know they were hateful toward white folks too.

...the person you encounter is often more than the person you see.

There are no coincidences. Just miracles by the boatload.

Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?

Maybe that was how I found comfort just then, even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words.

As the ocean tugged me at my feet, i realized that Early Auden, that strangest of boys, had saved me from being swept away.

What would you rather be, Jackie? Angry mad or crazy mad? I think I'd rather be crazy mad, because you can be crazy and still happy.

Translation is the art of failure.

Everyone who is with you is not necessarily for you.

Our actions are the springs of our happiness or misery.

How long can you tread water?

Born in the Flint, Michigan, big boat sailing on the Great Lakes and skiing in the winter was how most of my youth was spent.

I like to try new things because I get bored so easily.

I love that people can't place me. They don't know my name. That's 'mission accomplished' in my world.

Eternity has no gray hairs! The flowers fade, the heart withers, man grows old and dies, the world lies down in the sepulchre of ages, but time writes no wrinkles on the brow of Eternity.

The liberal ideal is that everyone should have fair access and fair opportunity. This is not equality fo result. Its equality of opportunity. There's a fundamental difference.

My publicist always said as long as they pronounce your name or spell your name right, it's all good.