Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

Love is not an equation, it is not a contract, and it is not a happy ending. Love is the slate under the chalk, the ground that buildings rise, and the oxygen in the air. It is the place you come back to, no matter where your headed

Parents aren’t the people you come from. They’re the people you want to be, when you grow up.

You would wind up as a cat, I told her. They don't need anyone else. I need you, she replied. Well, I said. Maybe I'll come back as catnip.

Your problem is that you have been too honest for too long. Once you start doing it, lying is simpler than breathing.

A dutiful mother is someone who follows every step her child makes...And a good mother is someone whose child wants to follow her.

There are two reasons not to tell the truth--becuase lying will get you what you want, and because lying will keep someone from getting hurt.