Deliverance is always found on 'the mount'; living faith must first prove to God that it has taken His word and promise for victory.

You may live in a crowd but you meet God and face eternity alone

Living faith is above circumstances; no delays can discourage it, no loss of friends or depression in trade can touch it.

The Lord always shows you all the difficulties when He is going to do anything through you.

The promises of God are equal to current coin. Therefore, I must act on the promises as I would if I actually had the cash.

The Bible is common-sense inspired.

Good fiction creates its own reality.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Destiny doesn't do home visits... you have to go for it yourself.

A person must move beyond guilt and unexamined thoughts and motives in order to discover a purpose for living vibrantly.

Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression.

And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.

Grief, I swear to God, doesn't live in the heart. It lives in the senses. And sometimes, all I want to do is cut off my nose so I can't smell her, hack my fingers off at the joint.

Some say that cats are devils, but they behave badly only when they are alone. When they are among us cats are angels.

[Benjamin] Franklin may be a great philosopher, [John Adams] told his diary in 1779, but "as a Legislator in America he has done very little."

Nothing's forever forever's a lie. All we have is what's between hello and goodbye.