Leesha knew from experience that when parents don't parent, kids grow up fast.

Knowledge is power. In the wrong hands, knowledge is trouble.

Please, Kenzie, Jonah thought. Please, please, please back off from this. His life wasn't much, but it was all he had, this small safe space, walled in by secrets.

With the pursuit of faith, I am a free soul.

We can’t all be comedians, some people have to do the laughing.

My dad didn't graduate from high school, ended up being a printing salesman, probably never made more than $8, 000 a year. My mom sold real estate and did it part time.

There is only one thing worse than coming home from the lab to a sink full of dirty dishes, and that is not going to the lab at all!

I like to say, in Hollywood, you can't make a redneck movie without me. That doesn't happen. You better not do it.

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.

I predict, not because I know, but because I'm asked.

I was a normal kid. I rebelled. But I've never been a liberal. And there have been all kinds of efforts to make me one. I've not bothered to tell any of these stories. Folks, we all face them.

Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.