The few things I’d sacrificed, or put on hold, to be with my husband and baby were worth it.

Sometimes we just have to cut off the dead branches in our life. Sometimes that's the only way we can keep the tree alive. It's hard and it hurts, but it's what's best.

It always amazes me how when we’re sure we’ve lost something for good, it winds up finding us.

Every morning we get a chance to be different. A chance to change. A chance to be better. Your past is your past. Leave it there. Get on with the future part, honey.

Freelance isn't for everyone - you've got to be aggressive and enjoy working alone. But you could make more money than you ever imagined.

Caring for someone is scary, because you both know how it feels to lose someone in the span of a heartbeat.

I can forgive a man’s past faults, his present shortcomings, and his future failures if every minute of every day he loves me like it’s his religion.

If you say you’re going to trust your man, then trust your man. Don’t revoke that privilege when he needs it most.

I try to keep the happy memories. If that's what you call selective memories, I'm good with that.

Wealth can be created. Wit and intelligence can't.

Don't underestimate the power of the nonverbal. You'd be amazed how many people come in for interviews with poor posture, weak handshakes, and blank stares.

A Libertarian’s just a Democrat whose vote doesn’t count. Same thing.

I think God's really blessed me with patience. I'm good with a lot of things going on at once.

Life could not be entirely devoted to debauchery and monkeys. Magnus had to finance all the drinking somehow.

All hunt for fame, but most mistake the way.

I feel honoured to know Donghae Hyung, but when I'm with him, I feel like I'm more like the hyung.

Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction.

Equality has always been extant but some of us just didn't know it.

I do interviews and signings and readings and all of these people just hang off my every word. And then I go home and have dinner with my family and nobody lets me get a word in.

Today, let's set our minds and hearts on feeling more thankful for what we are than guilty for what we're not. Let's cut the threads of guilt with grace.

I take making music seriously, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. I invite people into my life. That's how I do it.