You can't curl up on the sofa and deny life forever. Life is always going to be a series of ouch-making moments, and the question was, was I going to go all fetal-position or was I going to woman up?

It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes.

Sweaters need to be imagined, dreamed over.

Free is a man who has no desires.

Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.

My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That's pretty narrow... I don't view myself as a person who's well-versed in very many subjects. I'm not proud of that.

When someone entrusts their heart to you they are giving you a piece of their soul. You cannot treat the soul casually. You must protect, nurture and handle it with care.

If you give us a safe vaccine, we'll use it. It shouldn't be polio versus autism.

My temperament is not geared to that of a novelist.

It’s hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God’s new age, a kingdom of surprise.

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.