You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle.

I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.

It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.

And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope - nothing else.

Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around - beds, pillows, arms, laps.

Christopher Reeve understood that everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.

Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher.

Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.

[On her father, Ronald Reagan:] How do you argue with someone who states that the people who are sleeping on the grates of the streets of America 'are homeless by choice'?

When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.

Politics isn't what defines a person, and it shouldn't define a relationship. I made the mistake of letting that intrude on my relationships.

I don't settle down. I don't follow any path.Because I am the wanderer and wandering is my destiny!

That's not water. That's socialism juice. We should bomb Lake Erie.

Comedy doesn't always have to come from a dark place.

This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience.

Government just simply can't do everything for everyone.

Trust is even more important than love.

Honor is what you know about yourself.

What I make isn't about me. It's about sharing my story; it's about someone being connected to what I'm saying.

How many diamonds can you retrieve from one single mine; there has to be an end somewhere. I don't see any natural fast bowler after me.

Petersburg, growing up at home, all by my family and friends, Petersburg really, city-raised me, you know everybody there.