I love all history because it’s storytelling. But, I will always have a special place in my heart for the Tudor dynasty.

I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.

Im going to be shaking my booty when Im 55.

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.

Cute is when your personality shines through your looks.

Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.

It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.

Ignore reality, there's nothing you can do about it.

There's no such thing as perfect people. There's no such thing as a perfect life. So come as you are, broken and scarred. Lift up your heart and be amazed and be changed by a perfect God.

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

...It also taught me that while cruelty can be fun for a few moments, compassion has a much longer shelf life.

My personal philosophy is that, as a parent, it is my job to find that balance of when my child is ready to try something on her own and when she needs help.

He that has patience may compass anything.

I love him whose soul is deep even in the wounding, and may succumb through a small matter: thus goeth he willingly over the bridge.

it isn't mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.

The long game was ended, the Snitch had been caught, it was time to leave the air.

We magnify Him who is worthy above all others and adore Him simply because of who He is.

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.

I want people to see that the cosmic perspective is simultaneously honest about the universe we live in and uplifting, when we realize how far we have come and how wonderful is this world of ours.

I can understand the things that afflict mankind, but I often marvel at God those which console. An atom may wound, but God alone can heal.