I dream of land, cut only where streams glistened with birdsong wander through quiet hills burnt hard by the scrape of wind, and of a porch from which a single road leads only homeward.

The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready.

A clock only turns one direction

How is it possible for me to feel so young and so old at the same time?

How fragile our lives are anyway. How quickly things can change forever.

Getting out of bed is a good way to leave your troubles behind.

The best cure for sadness is doing something.

Taking up marriage is a good excuse for taking up cursing, I think.

We are a noisy and blessed little family

[Children] just cannot be sad too long, it is not in them, as children mourn in little bits here and there like patchwork in their lives.

At times, it's better to think of exactly what is happening right in front of you every second, rather than going through things from the past in your mind.

You seemed so far away, " Miss Honey whispered, awestruck."Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings, " Matilda said. "It was wonderful.

Let them obey that know not how to rule.

I think CGI is interesting but it's too expensive and limiting in terms of what you can do shot-by-shot.

If you are what you eat then feed me dope.

Money or no money, acting is my calling.

Dead he is not, but departed, for the artist never dies.

Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.

This isn't missionary work. This is missionary fun.

In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.

Thea was still under the belief that public opinion could be placated; that if you clucked often enough, the hens would mistake you for one of themselves.