A book with the genuine power to stir and comfort its readers.

But there's a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begin.

If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.

If you want to be a good writer, make sure you read. I'm amazed by how many people don't bother to do that.

All that happens when your dreams come true is a slow, melting realization that it wasn't what you thought.

Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.

Everyone keeps talking about fixing and returning America - making America great. But yet, nobody ever seems to focus on the fact that you're not going to make any country great if you don't address its children.