Books + friendship = book club

I am such a Pacific Northwest girl.

Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs.

Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

And no one drank just one shot of tequila.

And maybe that was how it was supposed to be...Joy and sadness were part of the package; the trick, perhaps,was to let yourself feel all of it, but to hold on to the joy just a little more tightly.

A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.

Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.

That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.

From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other.

Speaking the truth is for losers and egomaniacs.

Holy Scriptures

The death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive - perhaps for some purpose which we ought to re-examine.

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is in your mother's womb. It should be a place of sanctity.

Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

The politics of courtiers resemble their shadows; they cringe and turn with the sun of the day.

All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.

So always keep momentum, it's this prime directive for managing a startup.

Hope for a great sea-change timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.