I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence from June Allyson movies. I knew that was yearning like one yearns to fly.

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Have enough courage to love.

My mother is so full of joy and life. I am her child. And that is better than being the child of anyone else in the world.

In a long meter hymn, a singer - they call it 'lays out a line.' And then the whole church joins in in repeating that line. And they form a wall of harmony so tight, you can't wedge a pin between it.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

It's very hard for adults to maintain respect and romance so that a love affair can be sustained over years.