Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

You build your 'COURAGE MUSCLE' daily, by being courageous in little things. Just do right.

Look for the beauty in things.

There are great parents of small children - they keep their little hair in bows - but those parents are not always good parents of young adults. As soon as their children get up to some size, it's "Shut up, sit down, you talk too much, keep your distance, I'll send you to Europe!" My mom was a terrible parent of small children but a great parent of young adults. She'd talk to me as if I had some sense.

I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.

In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.

My entire stay there [high school] might have been time lost if it hadn't been for the unique personality of a brilliant teacher. Miss Kirwin was that rare educator who was in love with information. I will always believe that her love of teaching came not so much from her liking for students but from her desire to make sure that some of the things she knew would find repositories so that they could be shared again.