If our goal is to be tolerant of people who are different than we are, then we really are aiming quite low. Traffic jams are to be tolerated. People are to be celebrated.

I think that sometimes quitting is exactly the right thing to do. Quitting something that's not working requires self-awareness and courage.

A good day is a good day. A bad day is a good story.

It is a decision that compassion is more important than fear, than fitting in, than following the crowd.

The only meaningful thing we can offer one another is love. Not advice, not questions about our choices, not suggestions for the future, just love.

No relationship would be successful without a little compromise. If you can't learn to do that then I'm sorry to say your relationship will never survive. Love is about giving and taking, it's not just about smiles and kind words. Compromise is key.

I think when your heart hurts this much it means you opened it wide once- and that is something to be proud of.