“There is always compensation for your troubles; you will be given when you need the most.”

“There are many times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you'd be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature.”

“While you have a thing it can be taken from you…..but when you give it, you have given it. no robber can take it from you. It is yours then forever when you have given it. It will be yours always. That is to give. ”

“When you need Stayfree MaxiPads to absorb the expectorants produced by your insulted body, you are in serious fucking trouble.”

“Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life. ”

“Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.”