Stories about lives remembered bring us backward while allowing us to move forward.

Sorrow is the violent smashing of reason, in that reason has no power over it.

Our house was open to anyone who needed a little extra support or comfort or just a home-cooked meal.

Values are like a pilot’s flight plan . . . without them you’re flying blind.

It had made her too helpless, because that's what love did. There was no way around it and no way to fight it. Now if she lost, she lost everything.

Forgiveness is important in families, especially when there are so many secrets that need to be healed - for the most part, every family's got them.

People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security.

I started in Martial Arts with my father when I was 4 years old. I guess I started because my two older brothers and mom trained so it was what our whole family did for fun.

I'm attracted to pathos, because life is mostly pathos. I've had a lot of it in my life.

I want to imagine a country where people's wages reflect their hard work, where we have healthcare for everyone, and where every child gets to live up to his or her potential.

So many people dislike themselves so thoroughly that they never see any reproduction of themselves that suits. None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.

A story comes to you; it isn't like you choose it. You have no real control.

Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.