I thought about the earth then, really thought about it, the tsunami's and earthquakes and volcanoes, all the horrors I haven't witnessed but have changed my life, the lives of everyone I know, all the people I'll never know. I thought about life without the sun, the moon, stars, without flowers and warm days in May. I thought about a year ago and all the good things I'd taken for granted and all the unbearable things that had replaced those simple blessings. And even though I hated the thought of crying in from of Syl, tears streamed down my face.

We're all alive. We're all healthy. These are the good times.

Great, the worlds coming to an end and we're fixing it with Band-Aids

One of the more gratifying things about guilt is that it makes us feel important.

I never really thought about how when I look at the moon it;s the same moon as Shakespeare and Marie Antoinette and George Washington and Cleopatra looked at.

woman must not depend on the protection of man, but must learn to protect herself

Don't stop believing in miracles.