Learning to live again wholeheartedly includes letting love flow freely in and out of your heart.

There is nothing like feeling truly "awake" and aware of my life and what it means to me. So I look ahead and think, "There is still so much to be done, and I will continue to make the most of it.

I would still rather feel things and live life to the fullest rather than hide in a cave and attempt to protect myself from the uncertainties of the world.

We never truly "get over" a loss, but we can move forward and evolve from it.

I believe I gather strength from the generations of women who came before me - that together we all hold the suffering of the world.

It is true that the grief journey is very lonely, but it is also up to you to decide just how lonely you will make it.

The truth is, we never know what life will bring us and we don't have as much control as we might think we have. But we CAN choose how we walk through life and how we spend our time.

You have to do what feels right for you. Do not let anyone influence you otherwise. It is your mind, your heart, and your own internal wisdom that will lead you in the direction you need to go.

Once you have walked down the grief path, what you have gained on your journey may turn into invaluable advice for someone else.

I began to feel that nature itself was nurturing me, reminding me that life still offered beauty and calm, and that I was also made out of these elements.

Each loss brings growth with it, and learning to handle new experiences and taking charge of your needs is part of the transformative process.

Live each day as if it were the first day of marriage and the last day of vacation.

You are freaking me out!" she said with a nervous laugh. "Who are you, and what have you done with Quinn Shaughnessy?

Identity and self-belief: a courage that swells from within, borne of waters drunk deeply.

I'm representing the single women out there, dating around, trying to find the right guy who respects you and appreciates you. Maybe I'll settle down somewhere. Gotta keep looking.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Growing in grace is a deepening realization of our nothingness; it is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the least of God's mercies.

My sun sets to raise again.

I'm very proud of 'Platoon,' but at the end of it I was done. I was done.

Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.

War is sweet to those who never tried it.