People are afraid of being more ignorant than their children―especially, apparantly, their daughters.

One of the surprising discoveries of modern psychology is how easy it is to be ignorant of your own ignorance.

...she felt as if her entire body were glowing with the taste of sunlight, of wind blowing in wide spaces and trees reaching their burdened arms to boundless skies.

You don’t have to compete with any one. Seek to outdo your own performance. You will always be happy.

What's important is that children have an opportunity to bond with the natural world, to learn to love it and feel comfortable in it, before being asked to heal its wounds.

I've chosen to stay in a jolly place for most of my life, and that is a lot of who I am.

An attempt to gain a value by deceiving the mind of others is an act of raising your victims to a position higher than reality.

Wait a minute, words in the prompter, script on my desk, vending machine upstairs out of Funyuns... the writers are back!

When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.

My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top