Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?

The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.

A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.

Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.

The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.

Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.

Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.

She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master's finishing touch.

In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.

Caring for our own hearts isn't selfishness; it's how we begin to love.

A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.

Non ero pronta ad amare nessun altro.

This is a hard truth for some to accept: that a lack of resources may not be their true constraint, just a lack of resourcefulness.

He had stylized himself--life was easier that way. He had chosen a physical mould just as writer chooses a technical form.

Saint: A dead sinner revised and edited.

Being a child is in itself a profession.

When you travel to the Celestial City, carry no letter of introduction. When you knock, ask to see God,--none of the servants.

The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven. There's nothing.

Too often we tell kids pleasant stories devoid of truth, and stories without truth are not good stories. Our audience deserves more from us.

Judge not by the form of the messenger, but the form of the message.

This perpetual toggling between nothing being new, under the sun, and everything having very recently changed, absolutely, is perhaps the central driving tension of my work.