Foreign novels are less action-oriented. They have a different pace; they’re more reflective. They challenge us to look for the story, find the story within the story.

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.

You ought to stop listening to stereotypes and start forming your own opinions.

How many times can our emotions be tied to someone else's - be pulled and stretched and twisted - before they snap? Before they can never be mended again?

I don't believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day.

Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice.

Life isn't about what you get, it's about what you DO with what you get.

I wish friends held hands more often, like the children I see on the streets sometimes. I'm not sure why we have to grow up and get embarrassed about it.

Just because something isn't practical doesn't mean it's not worth creating. Sometimes beauty and real-life magic are enough.

A blank canvas...has unlimited possibilities.

Life is too short to have debts and doubts, Pay the bills, no regrets, be up and about.

Warriors want a worthy opponent. There is no redress in fighting the pathetic.

I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up.

We don't fight about money... I hate to see people fight about money.

There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have charge of children, but there can be no doubt that parents are the worst.

To start to look more focused on the good that's been done and can be done.

Jesus wants us to love Him in a way that gives Him full leadership over our lives.

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my sister, Joan Fontaine ... and I appreciate the many kind expressions of sympathy that we have received.

The soul is known by it's acts.

Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change.