The little money I have - that is my wealth, but the things I have for which I would not take money, that is my treasure.

Through the blackest night, morning gently tiptoes, feeling its way to dawn.

Sometimes to do the right thing, we must keep a promise we never made.

You get to an age when there are really just two reasons to get up in the morning — for goodness sake and for heaven's sake.

Yes, I believe in guardian angels, because otherwise I must believe that life is a string of death-defying miracles - and I don't believe in miracles.

There is an instinct in a woman to love most her own child - and an instinct to make any child who needs her love, her own.

Life is a process by which a few desperate longings morph into a thousand meaningless wants.