Thoughts - even fears - were airy things, formless until you made them solid with your voice and once given that weight, they could crush you.

I am such a Pacific Northwest girl.

Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs.

Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

And no one drank just one shot of tequila.

And maybe that was how it was supposed to be...Joy and sadness were part of the package; the trick, perhaps,was to let yourself feel all of it, but to hold on to the joy just a little more tightly.

A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones.

Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.

That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.

From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other.

My shower doesn't make everything go away. The world doesn't feel like a bigger, brighter place because my hair smells like coconuts.

Everyone says you only fall in love once, but that not true, because every time I see you, I fall in love all over again

Can they love? Or is it a bit of code meant to get a reaction from humans? Can anyone tell real love, in a bot or in a human?

If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won't cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.

I didn't set out to be unusual or different. I just wanted to do things my way.

Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.

I have little doubt that the single greatest obstacle to the impact of the gospel has not been its inability to provide answers, but the failure on our part to live it out.

I think I could sing and shear a few sheep at the same time.

We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's pretty much one himself.

My voice as a filmmaker is always about boys searching for their fathers. And not only boys, but all children looking for those figures in their lives.