As an author, I want to write what I’m inspired to write. Not what my readers want me to write. I feel like the books will ultimately be better if my heart is fully into what I’m writing.

Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together

Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective.

Don't take life too seriously Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit Laugh at it

There are people you meet that you get to know, and then there are people you meet that you already know.

Never judge others. You both know good and well how unexpected events can change who a person is. Always keep that in mind. You never know what someone else is experiencing within their own life.

I want to be your soulmate, even if I don't believe in them.

When life gives you lemons, make sure you know whose eyes you need to squeeze them in.

My lack of access to the real world has been replaced completely by books, and it can’t be healthy to live in a land of happily ever afters.

I need someone who is willing to watch me brave the ocean and then dare me not to drown.

Love is the most beautiful thing in the world. Unfortunately, it's also one of the hardest things in the world to hold on to, and one of the easiest things to throw away.

I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice.

I find this wave of super-skinny women scary. I'm not going to lie to you, I've got to drag myself down to the gym like everybody else. But I look at the red carpet sometimes and it's like a pageant.

Social media has taken over in America to such an extreme that to get my own kids to look back a week in their history is a miracle, let alone 100 years.

I think we definitely want to focus on the simplicity aspect because it's something that's built into the culture even here at Twitter. Constraints inspire creativity.

There are many ways to salvation, and one of them is to follow a river.

Great success breeds a lot of things, including sequels.

That baby is so ugly... I've never seen a six-month-old so desperately in need of a wax.

Till I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'

How dare you ever in ya life walk past me without acknowledging their man as God.

From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others