When I say we've had an ideal marriage, I'm not just talking about physical attraction, which I can imagine can wear pretty thin if it's all a couple has built on. We've had that and a whole lot more.

I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

The problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. There’s a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and it’s called college.

I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.

I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.

You can make it, but it's easier if you don't have to do it alone.

It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.