"You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down."

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival."

"Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward."

"She's the sort of woman who lives for others - you can tell the others by their hunted expression."

"Take one cup of love, two cups of loyalty, three cups of forgiveness, four quarts of faith and one barrel of laughter."

"Money is not everything but it ranks right up there with oxygen."