Falling into Place: deciding everything is falling into place perfectly as long as you don't get too picky about what you mean by place. Or perfectly.

Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.

I sometimes wake in the early morning & listen to the soft breathing of my children & I think to myself, this is one thing I will never regret & I carry that quiet with me all day long.

Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.

Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life.

I hope someday you see this is all life wants: for you to be your own kind of beautiful & not the kind that makes you forget who you are.

There are days I drop words of comfort on myself like falling leaves and remember that it is enough to be taken care of by myself.

There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.

If you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.

I've always like the time before dawn because there's no one around to remind me who I'm supposed to be, so it's easier to remember who I am.

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.

Behind the hieroglyphic streets there would either be a transcendent meaning, or only the earth.

I do believe in loving my own self. It makes me feel good. It helps me in loving others too.

My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally.

It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism.

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

It's the duty of a lawyer to represent anyone for whom a responsible argument could be made.

If I worried about what the media said I wouldn't get much sleep and I'm able to sleep pretty well.

I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend.

It is a strange world," I murmered, more to myself than to the native soul. "The strangest," he agreed.

And I can see Russia from my house.