I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.

If I'm going to a new country, I try to learn something about the language and the culture, so I don't just go bumbling over things.

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

Tragedy, no matter how sad, becomes boring to those not caught in its addictive caress.

Being a woman is hard work.

Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings.

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'?