The autobiographer looks at life through the lens of his or her own life and really uses herself or himself as the jumping-off place to examine the social mores and the economic and political climates. In a way, the autobiography becomes history as well as the story of one person, for it becomes the story of a family or the story of the state or nation.

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

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

The most difficult thing in the world, it seems to me, is to realize that I am a child of God; to keep that in my mind all the time.

Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them.

Prepare yourself so that you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud.

I've had rainbows in my clouds.