A full moon sprinkled the black ocean with diamonds, and she could imagine fairies dancing in the silver foam that laced the huge, dark waves.

How a member of the church—one who had read the Good Lord’s bible—could sit so calmly and watch a man be led to his destruction frightened me.

My sight, hearing and strength are superior and I can fly. What more do you want?

If you withhold love as a form of punishment, who is being punished?

I think one of the hardest things about doing a book in the first person is that to a certain extent each day, when you begin to do your work, you're climbing into somebody else's skin.

Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.

The more people we have on our team. the less room there is in the elevator and the more complicated everything gets.

We must not allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather, we must seek to let the truth of God rule our minds. Our emotions must become subservient to the truth.

The psychic scars caused by believing that you are ugly leave a permanent mark on your personality.

They can kill the Kennedys. Why can't they make a cup of coffee that tastes good?

I work at home, in the country, and days will go by when, except for my husband and son and the occasional UPS man, the only sentient creatures that see me are my chickens and turkeys.