“You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his moth...”

“A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.”

“The most valuable gift I ever received was ... the gift of insecurity ... my father left us. My mother's love might not have prepared me for life the way my father's departure did. He forced us out...”

“Glee! The great storm is over!”

“Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires - disruptions in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way.”

“To say that my grief will be eternal would be ridiculous - nothing is eternal.”

“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.”