My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

I know something better is on the road for me.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

Grace is like a lake of drinkable water right outside your door. But you stay inside and die of thirst.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

We need to not be in denial about what we've done, what we've come through. It will help us if we all do that.

I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood are conditions people have to work at. It's a serious matter. You compromise, you give, you take, you stand firm, and you're relentless...And it is an investment. Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.