if you find one true friend in your life, you're richer than most. If that one true friend is your husband, you're blessed." She paused. "And if that one true friend is your sister, don't feel bad. At least, she can't divorce you.

When you are measuring life, you are not living it.

When hope is gone, time is punishment.

You're not going to fix things by helping 65-year-olds or 75-year-olds for any long run.

You should be convinced of the authenticity of what you have, but you must also be humble enough to say that we don't know everything. And since we don't know everything, we must accept that another person may believe something else.

I think we hear a lot of talk about college, and we don't hear about early education.

You have to start over. That's what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really "starting over." More like "continuing without.