Ain't the best prayin' jest bein' with God and talkin' a while, like He's a good friend, stead a-like he runs a store and you've come in a-hopin' to git a bargain?

But to mourn, that's different. To mourn is to be eaten alive with homesickness for the person.

Grandpa had made the Lord seem so real, I wouldn't of been surprised if he'd said good night to Him. But after a long pause he just said a-men.

if the important thing is not to win but to complete then was not punctual invented.

The Princess BrideS. Morgenstern'sClassic Tale of True Loveand High AdventureYou had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone had a chance to read it.

When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.

I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.

I've been writing my entire life, and I'll always write.

I believe that's when God first started speaking to my heart--the very day I started speaking to His!

We've increasingly lost that sense of community, of the notion that there is something we contribute to and benefit from that is called the common good.

If you say "can't" you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.

There are usually half a dozen right answers to what needs to be done. Yet, unless a person makes the risky and controversial choice of only one, he will achieve nothing.

The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.