You kids were all in college, and I suddenly saw that I was stuck alone with a man who, all those years later, was still wanting me to be someone I wasn't.

Choices are easy when you have nothing to lose.

What she did have, after raising two children, was the equivalent of a PhD in mothering and my undying respect.

Rain didn't make things messy. People did that all on their own.

Wolves go after a wounded deer, it is the nature of the beast.

I had nothing to fear from my father. Except his disappointment. Which was no small thing.

If you want to disappear, Emily, you can do it most anywhere.

I can't spend the rest of my life competing for your attention and coming in last.

Tombstones don´t list jobs, they list relationships-mother, wife, daughter.

I had nothing to fear from my father.Except his disappointment.Which was no small thing.

So, is it harder to dream about what you don´t have than to live in fear of losing what you do?

Every believer experiences the Joy of salvation

Every problem has a solution. You may not see it in front of you, but, sooner or later, a solution will appear before your eyes.

Your attitude is the outward expression of your internal perceptions, self-esteem, and current thoughts.

When I remember my mother, it makes me really sad. But, when I remember my father, it makes me smile.

I was born alone, I'm gonna die alone. I have my own identity. I'm my own person, and no two people are the same.

Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.

People do strange things sometimes, when they feel hopeless.

When someone we love suffers, we suffer with that person, and we would not have it otherwise, because the suffering and the love are one, just as it is with God's love for us.

I had peanut butter once. It was awful.

No one in your life is with you constantly. No one is completely on your side.