Sometimes it's best not to see your whole path laid out before you. Let life surprise you...There are more stars out there than just the ones with names. And they're all beautiful.

Finding your way doesn't mean you always know where you're going. It's knowing how to find your way back home that's important.

Memories were like sunshine. They warmed you up and left a pleasant glow, but you couldn't hold them.

I'd heard of really bad things Klan folks did to Negroes. Mean, hateful, deadly things. I didn't know they were hateful toward white folks too.

...the person you encounter is often more than the person you see.

There are no coincidences. Just miracles by the boatload.

When there is suffering, we look for a reason. That reason is easiest found within oneself.

Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?

Maybe that was how I found comfort just then, even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words.

As the ocean tugged me at my feet, i realized that Early Auden, that strangest of boys, had saved me from being swept away.

What would you rather be, Jackie? Angry mad or crazy mad? I think I'd rather be crazy mad, because you can be crazy and still happy.

Motherhood doesn't have a nationality

When Washington visited Portsmouth in 1789, he was not much impressed by the architecture of the little town that had stood by him so stoutly in the struggle for independence.

Beyonce is the most amazing woman in the world.

I am truly passionate and concerned about the lack of empathy that people show towards one another.

Someone will always tell you what you want to hear.

The age of 40 is not a death sentence.

One of the things I would love to do is Axe Cop, which is a comic book. I would like to be involved in Axe Cop someday. I would also love to be in a Western.

Any time we read a newspaper or take any look at the world around us, we are aware of the cruelty and violence that dominates our world.

Wisdom before experience is only words; wisdom after experience is of no avail.

I can be a very sarcastic person, and sometimes people take every word I say literally.