God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.

What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree.

It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.

the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.

There is no escape if love is not there

She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.

Each day is precious when we consider what we can do to serve God and His Kingdom.

Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.

Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

The impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him

When you do away with God you become your own god, because you recognise no greater power in the universe than yourself.

For an entrepreneur: wealth invites fame. For a celebrity: fame invites wealth.

I must be lean & write & make worlds beside this to live in.

I'm not sure Americans are hesitant to do this again - to fight another war, because it looked to them like a courageous and terrific endeavor.

I like my men like I like my roses . . . by the dozen.

what storyteller is adequate to her story? The story carries us along, bottles on the tide, each with our secret mesage and the fervent hope that it does not turn out to be blank.

Time has no meaning, Love will endure.

To dance is human, to polka is divine.

A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him.

There must be some limit to the thing. It cannot go on to infinity.