“And then just like real sisters, we listen and don’t judge.”

When I see it lumbering down the mountain road like a tank . . . I flag it down like an old friend. I’ve waited on this corner every Friday since I can remember.

I am no trouble at all. You could press me into dough and make sugar cookies out of me, I’ve been so sweet.

Regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.

To fail and succeed and flourish and fly.

I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a business and find love in a place so far from home.

People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother’s house.

The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk.

I don’t even like the sound of the dryer going – I like the quiet.

Money doesn’t have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person.

A feat she had never believed possible

We worry only about those we brought into this world.

Travel is very inspirational – but it’s in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.

The intimacy. The deepest level of love.

Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.

The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.

Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

And as far as I’m concerned, it’s like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem.

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

I like to have this gut to put my elbow on it when I putt because I did it for so long. I just feel healthier this way.

I’d like my first Ryder Cup appearance to be in the United States.

What if you gave someone a gift, and they neglected to thank you for it – would you be likely to give them another?

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.

In my own musical existence I don’t feel that being a guitar player is like the best thing on earth to be. I would rather be a balanced musician.