…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.

…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

It's lovely to see people so happy.

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.

Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…

…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not, ' laughed Mrs. Jo…

To question what I see, then to question what I see after that, because the questions matter as much, perhaps more than, the answers.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies the hardest victory is the victory over self.

Maybe one of the strangest opportunities was I got to ring the closing bell on the New York Stock Exchange.

I really believe that with a little bit of information, kids can make a big difference.

It is better to have done something than to have been someone.

Remember, you can lead a fifty-seven-year-old body to motherhood, but you can't make it stay awake.

Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter, inert by nature, is a prime conservative force.

You know, some of the good part of blog theory was that blogs would be like diaries that the world could read. They would be spontaneous, whatever pops into your mind, as a diary would be.

Winning trophies has made me put on weight

The liberal posture really requires a willingness to give to others, and that works, as I say, when you have an expanding pie. But if you don't have an expanding pie, everyone starts hunkering down.