“A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.”

“Madeleine Albright has said that there is 'a special place in hell for women who don't help each other.' What are the implications of this statement? Would it be an argument in favor of the candidacy of Mrs. Clinton? Would this mean that Elizabeth Edwards and Michelle Obama don't deserve the help of fellow females? If the Republicans nominated a woman would Ms. Albright instantly switch parties out of sheer sisterhood? Of course not. (And this wearisome tripe from someone who was once our secretary of state ...)”

“I was a 16-year-old girl at one point, so of course I wrote poetry.”

“A lot of sad stories in a row - that wears on you.”

“Successful health reform must not just make health insurance affordable, affordable health insurance has to make health care affordable.”

“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.”

“It takes a lot of work to put together a marriage, to put together a family and a home.”

“I'm actually one of those people who get up energetic in the morning.”

“The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.”

“But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.”

“A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.”