Hope is a force of nature. Don't let anyone tell you different.

Not that I was worried about anyone stealing my car. I once had a car thief offer to get me something better for a sweetheart rate.

There are bad things in the world. There's no getting away from that. But that doesn't mean nothing can be done about them. You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because sometimes you get hurt.

I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.

Life is full of toil, sacrifice, and pain, and from the time we stop growing, we know that we've begun dying. We watch helplessly as year by year, our bodies age and fail, while our survival instincts compel us to keep on going-which means living with the terrifying knowledge that ultimately death is inescapable.

See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else.

God isn't about making good things happen to you, or bad things happen to you. He's all about you making choices--exercising the gift of free will. God wants you to have good things and a good life, but He won't gift wrap them for you. You have to choose the actions that lead you to that life.