“That's the funny thing about old hurts- they just wait for new heartache to come along and then show up, just as sharp and horrible as the first day you woke up with the world changed all around you.”

“Just let your light shine! That's about all you have to do. One of the things that this far-out righteous cat named Krishnamarti says is that you don't change the world, you change yourself. The world is a projection of yourself and you change the world around you.... That's how the world gets changed. (Gridley)”

“That's the funny thing about cars and teenage boys. They never mean to hurt you when they crash, they just do.”

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up.”

“I just woke up feeling happy this morning. You know those days when everything in the world seems right.”

“The thing about growing old is that when you wake up with a new pain, you can just about count on it becoming a permanent part of your life!”