We have to choose life. Choose risk. Choose love. The only safe place for our hearts is to dive deeply into the magnificent, eternal, ridiculous, overwhelming love that God has for us.

It's good to dream. We can't out-give God. We can't out-love him, and we can't out-dream him.

Alas, is even Love too weak to unlock the heart and let it speak? Are even lovers powerless to reveal To one another what indeed they feel?

Having a baby is a disaster for your career. I don't think there's any sympathy.

Poached eggs are good, poached animals are not.

Nervous and scared is a good thing, it's your friend. You feel more on the edge, you feel like you're about to fall down the river, it's a good thing for me. I like that feeling.

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

So much of life is luck. One day you make a right turn and get hit by a car. Turn left and you meet the love of your life. I think I made the correct turn.

I know there is a moral to this story, but I don't know what it is.

My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.