The stars, he said, were actually souls, all the souls that were too restless to be locked up in heaven. They were so restless that God let them stay outside at night to play.

When the tears were gone I washed my face and walked back to the store to finish my shopping. Because even when your heart is breaking you still need bread and Rice Krispies and orange juice.

You don’t have to know where you’re going. In fact, it’s better if you don’t.

Western environmentalists might value their independence, but their organizations are largely donor driven, and if he wanted to, Putin could have a lot to donate.

He had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favor of two.

I love French stuff. Mmmm, french fries.

It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look.

God's grace will never be available to you to become another person. He created to be you - the best "you" you can be! Forget about trying to be someone else.

The rights of no oppressed people have ever yet been obtained by a voluntary act of justice on the part of the oppressors.

I've been poor and neglected, in the middle and cherished, then rich and miserable and back to the middle and now happy. I've lived it all.

Pray to God and make your heart as pure as the star.

When the surgeon general Joycelyn Elders said that drugs should be legalized, I saw somebody else who felt what I feel. But she got fired.