Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns.

Ham with mustard is a meal of glory

I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer.

Stew's so comforting on a rainy day.

Even if times got bad, he would never again deny himself the possibility that the future might be happy even if the present was painful. He would allow himself dreams.

The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.

If you can do nothing else, do whatever is in your power to make the people in your life feel completely unashamed of who they are.

Brad will tell you. He puts a movie on, I'm asleep in 10 minutes. I have no patience. But the kids love action movies with comedy, Jackie Chan and all that.

My husband is the most brilliant father on the planet.

A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer.

Riches do not make one rich but busy.

The smaller the ball used in the sport, the better the book.

I said to my parents that I don't even know if there should be an Israel. And they were just so upset and hurt.

Although we deal with probabilities and expectations, the actual results can deviate substantially from such expectations, particularly on a short-term basis.