Dear Alec and Magnus,How are you? Everything's just fine here. Thanks for you postcard with the picture of the Taj Mahal. It looks nice. Disregard my last few postcards. I see I overdid it. To make it up to you, I'm going to redecorate Magnus's loft for free. -Izzy

I spend my afternoons painting and working on my Open Hearts jewelry line for Kay Jewelers. I designed an image of a heart that isn't completely closed. My mom always told me to live with an open heart - when life gets tough, you should go out and help someone else.

Jane Seymour

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.

Henry David Thoreau

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.

Albert Camus

Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.

Sherwood Smith

Texas was such a welcoming place, and with its unbelievable history and tradition, it's extra special to be a part of that.

Ricky Williams

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

W. Somerset Maugham

I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.

Washington Irving

Friends are the sunshine of life.

John Hay

My last words? Life is no way to treat an animal, not even a mouse.

Kurt Vonnegut

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan deserve to come back to 21st century medical care.

Anthony Principi

Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it tripled the significance of the PC.

Andy Grove

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness

William Cullen Bryant