I think I know that I deserve better. And so I try for better. I'm never so put off that I would ever walk out of a place not having tried the best I could.

You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

My pride had been starched by a family who assumed unlimited authority in its own affairs.

My heart is so heavy when I see the reality of the Indian reservation and as an American, I know I am, too, responsible.

I would ask every man and every woman who's had the blessing of having children, 'Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?' To love someone takes a lot of courage. So how much more is one challenged when the love is of the same sex and the laws say, 'I forbid you from loving this person'?