We're out of cocktail olives, it's a tragedy of historic proportions, but we're coping because we're Americans.

Without trust, there can be no tranquil resting of the mind.

The word impossible contains the word possible' What's that-- some Zen thing?' I think Star Trek. Mr. Spock.

I'm small, I'm young - and I'm so different. You've always respected that difference, and you've always trusted it. Trust me now. There's a reason I am the way I am, and there's a reason I was born to you. There's always a reason. We belong together.

As long as I have laughter, I am not without hope

The opportunity to love a dog and to treat it with kindness is an opportunity for a lost and selfish heart to be redeemed. They are powerless and innocent, and it is how we treat the humblest among us that surely determines the fate of our souls

The desire to write well can never be fulfilled without hard work.