“The power to heal is all in the hug.”

“Each of you are a voice. Together we are a choir, a powerful choir of change that circles the globe with love.”

“I already know sorrow. Today I choose joy.”

“A good story invites us into someone else's world where we learn, discover commonalities, and leave with compassion and understanding.”

“The bereaved need more than just the space to grieve the loss. They also need the space to grieve the transition.”

“Its okay to cry. Giving in to the tears is terrifying,like freefalling to earth without a parachute. But its vital to our wellbeing as we process the deep anguish.”

“Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.”

“Pride be damned, we do what must be done to survive.”

“I'd love to do comedy. And I think I have a pretty good sense of comic thing, so I'd really like to try that.”

“He wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt.”

“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Sh...”

“Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.”