You really haven't changed, you've just become more of yourself. That is really what were all trying to do: become more of ourselves.

There's nothing worse than betraying yourself.

I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased

In the end, all you have is your reputation.

Happiness is there for the taking - and the making.

I was probably toward 8 1/2 when I actually joined the church and was baptized - and, my God, did I take it seriously! I was a zealot who irritated every one of my third-grade friends. They didn't beat me up, but I got labeled "the preacher girl."

She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person.