Absolute statements of our unbelief that we make in the darkness are notoriously unreliable.

There would be no obstacles to overcome. We won’t fight for joy in heaven. But we are not there yet.

If we were perfect—if there were no remaining corruption in our hearts—there would be no fight. There would be no obstacles to overcome. We won’t fight for joy in heaven. But we are not there yet.

Most of your unhappiness in life comes from the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself.

DOING is often God's remedy for despair.

By nature, we get more pleasure from God's gifts then from Himself.

The only freedom that lasts comes from pursuing what we want when we want what we ought.

The fight for joy is first and always a fight to see.

Don't make peace with the sin in your life.

Desire for and delight in God's Word are inseparable.

Salvation is the creation of new desires, not just new goodies.

..if I dont do something on the grand scale, it is that my genius is altogether imitative, and that I have nor recently encountered any very striking models of grandeur.

Life is a gracious sacred-breathe.

I want to support young girls who are in their 20s now and tell them: You're not just imagining things. It's tough. Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times.

Later in the evening when you lie awake in bed with the echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head.

Crow walked toward her, arms outstretched like a man in a dream, which he was, in a way. Sometimes a dream is enough.

It usually takes me a year to do a book. A year or eighteen months.

Just so sure as one puts on any old rag, and thinks nobody will come, company is sure to call.

My philosophy on writing books is that if you learn only one new thing, or even get a new take on something you already know, it's worth it.

The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.

I loved playing the part of the feisty Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker