There are stranger things out there than flying pigs.

How do you see the world? Happy endings come not through events but through a shift in perception.

Age has taught me that what other people think of me is none of my business.

Whenever my mum gets depressed about her age, she goes to Paris.

Praying is a realm of possibilities.

Barely grazing, detouring, then connecting.

Class, she reminded herself, was the real marker in America.

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

Anger is preverbal, so, by the time you're using words to express an angry feeling, you're already imposing loads of structure on that primal experience.

A basic tenet of healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency

And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win. "But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin. "Why, that I cannot tell," said he, "But 'twas a famous victory."

How competitive am I? A healthy amount. I have four siblings. It was competitive just eating dinner, like, "Everyone, get what you want from the chicken." Plus competing for your parents' attention.