I know certain actors are totally screwed up on drugs, yet it gets covered up. Why wasn't I excused for 'exhaustion' or 'the flu'?

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.

I've always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it's never too late to transform ourselves.

Inside a home you left me, a blue orphanage. Inside a bluish mosaic, space to live.

Most people do not know how to exchange their lives for external treasures.

Trust the faith everything will be okay.

All that grieved me - that I was half one thing and half another and nothing wholly - was the sorrow of my childhood, but the strength and use of my life after I grew up.

There can be no god without desire.

I find people attractive for more subtle reasons than just the way they look.

I used to do skits for my mom... and I was always entertaining as a kid.

The great promise of Scripture is that every day is a day that's worth rejoicing in.

The cross is where God forgave his children without lowering his standards.

Christmas is not only where you find it; it's what you make of it.