"Our task shouldn't be punishing the villains in our lives, but enlarging the God who heals us from all wounds."

“I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.”

“All you really have in the end are your stories.”

Source : "‘Burn Notice’ – ‘Past & Future Tense’: Burt Reynolds and a day at the beach" by Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. July 22, 2010.

“When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.”

Source : John Boyle O'Reilly (1882). “Songs, Legends and Ballads”

“When the mind opens by speaking denials, this true Self that philosophers have so long striven to free shows itself all glorious with wisdom, strength, and holiness...Denial of evil is a word of Truth.”

“I would prefer to be in a place where I'm appreciated.”

“You do get to a certain point in life where you have to realistically, I think, understand that the days are getting shorter, and you can't put things off thinking you'll get to them someday. If you really want to do them, you better do them. There are simply too many people getting sick, and sooner or later you will. So I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.”

Source : "Ephron: From 'Silkwood' To 'Sally,' A Singular Voice". Interview With Neda Ulaby, wamc.org. June 26, 2012.

“Piracy often reflects market failures on the part of producers rather than moral failures on the part of consumers.”

“My parents were hoarders before hoarding was cool”