Hazel always used to say There's not enough darkness in the entire universe to snuff out the light of just one little candle.

People cain't help being what they are any more than a skunk can help being a skunk. Don't you think if they had their choice they would rather be something else? Sure they would. People are just weak.

Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.

Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.

I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.

Marriage. Isn't it great? Each time you fall back in love with your [spouse] it gets better and better.

You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.