In the secret pocket, she often kept a small pocket dictionary, which she would take out whenever she encountered a word she did not know.

Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Accidents happen all the time.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.

Leaderships about transforming lives and making a difference through innovation and purpose, grounded in values and integrity

The rich think this land is theirs though they have never earned the right to call it theirs.

Hurt? He'll never be hurt–he's made to other people.

Hooka Tooka, my soda cracker, does your momma chaw tobacca?

Another foundational truth is that God has a plan for history. History is providential, not accidental.

Violence among all people is based on dissatisfaction, frustration and crushed ambition and people who don't know who to strike at and who to blame, and not willing to blame themselves.

You threaten my son, you threaten me.

I also feel I'm a positive role model by not putting my education on hold.

I've never broken a bone in my life, or in my body.