Nothing heals the soul like chocolate ... It's God's apology for broccoli.

The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood [p. 53]

...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.

Everyone has problems. It's how you choose to deal with them. Some people choose to be whiners some choose to be winners. Some choose to be victims some choose to be victors.

No,' he said, 'you only have to live long enough to inspire others to do great things.

But more than brave, you have love. And love is brave.

Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.