Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway."

First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.

You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.

Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill.

I love the song 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack. I was going to write that song, but someone beat me to it.

I never had that feeling that I had to carry the weight of somebody's ignorance around with me. And that was true for racists who wanted to use the 'n' word when talking about me or about my people, or the stupidity of people who really wanted to belittle other folks because they weren't pretty or they weren't rich or they weren't clever.

When you learn, teach, when you get, give.