I learn from my own daughter that you don’t have to be awake to cry.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.

true love is felonious… You take someone’s breath away… You rob them of the ability to utter a single word… You steal a heart.

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.

It's about a girl who is on the cusp of becoming someone.. A girl who may not know what she wants right now, and she may not know who she is right now, but who deserves the chance to find out.

I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.

He smiles at me, and I am suddenly seventeen again - the year I realize that love doesn't follow the rules, the year I understood that nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception.

There are just as many stories to be told in the dark spots s there are in the bright ones.

What we long for, we shall possess.

Beautiful clear day in Beverly Hills. The sweet smell of Botox is in the air.

You know, I think I was always intrigued by theater since I was a small child.

Great stories move through fear.

Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.

Every Christian needs to be informed, every Christian needs to register and every Christian should absolutely vote.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

What will tell in the end will be character and not a knowledge of letters.

With respect to the doctrine of a future life, a North American Indian knows just as much as any ancient or modern philosopher.

The fit of jeans can be worlds apart from brand to brand. If you can find the right fit, skinny jeans can be very flattering.