Bumper sticker: My kid beat the heck out of the student of the month.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

And all I loved, I loved alone.

Above all things -- read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.

When you can't make it, just fake it

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad.

American love — like coke in green glass bottles...they don't make it anymore.

To become as perfect as a mortal being can become, we need to bring the mind, body, and spirit into total harmony...We must add to that harmony Christ like love and righteousness.

The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny

Silk and Shadows is something else. Like brilliant. It got under my skin as very, very few books have. It's still under my skin. Mikhal was haunting.

And she finds it difficult to believe—that a person would love her even when she isn't trying. Trying to figure out what other people need, trying to be worthy.