Once you've been in a mental institution, people are going to look at you funny.

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.

I've always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it's never too late to transform ourselves.

Human beings are consistent with regard to codes of honor, but endlessly fickle with regard to whom those codes apply. E.N. Wilson

And if they thought her aimless, if they thought her a bit mad, let them. It meant they left her alone. Marya was not aimless, anyway. She was thinking.

we know God is dead, they've told us, but listening to you I wasn't sure.

There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome.

Any woman who marries an Italian must accept the undeniable fact that she has also married his mother.

I think I got him hooked on climbing when I gave a slide show at Darmouth. So there's probably another mother out there who hates me.

Apart from Jesus I am a greedy man.

Sure, compare. But compare the things that matter to the journey you're on. The rest is noise.

We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.

This is not a time for fear, brethren, but rather a time for faith - a time for each of us who holds the priesthood to be his best self.