"I love the Holy Spirit. I can't stand to see it being disrespected. It's been there for me at times when I really needed it. Therefore, I have a duty to stand for it is how I feel."

“Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit.”

“If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?”

“I didn’t accept your sacrifice. I turned it down.” I felt a small Oh form at my mouth, but it never quite made it past my lips. “Are you saying you gave up getting a human body for me?”

“Writing is never, ever easy but I wake up every morning grateful for the gift of being able to do this.”

“Let me just say, as a fellow chick, her hair looked fabulous this morning.”

Source : Daily Press Briefing, 2009-2017.state.gov. January 7, 2013.

“Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.”

Source : "Good Life Practice: The Power of Two Minutes to Shape Your Life" by David Mochel, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 1, 2017.

“I just go where the guitar takes me.”

“Again, if I was going to call Romney and the Republicans stupid, I'm certainly not going to call the Democrats and President Obama stupid.”

Source : "David Axelrod and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa defend President Obama's economic record". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. September 02, 2012.