(God) will always grant us wisdom when we ask. And when we seek Him and obey Him, He works all things out for our good.

God is our hope and strength. And hope never disappoints. (Romans 5:5). We can place our confidence in Him without fear.

We cannot let our hurts, fears, and prejudices get in the way of God’s calling for our lives.

We can only trust God to change hearts and lives, and let Him use us to stand up for Him, and to love the hurting.

... we can know with confidence that God sees us. He hears us. He knows us and feels our pain. He loves us and He acts on our behalf.

I need to accept God’s love and forgiveness, turning away from my sin and toward Him starting every day anew just as His mercies are new every morning.

God needs loving, accepting, and compassionate people—not accepting of sin, but accepting God’s forgiveness of sin for all who repent.

Who am I to put boundaries on God’s forgiveness? If God had put boundaries on His grace and mercy to me, when would enough have been enough?

I am so thankful for God’s mercy, grace, and patience for all the times I fell into sin. I am so grateful that He never stopped chasing me no matter how far I fell.

Romance comes from the heart and is manifested in actions.

It’s hard to see yourself changing until you’re so far from the person you used to be that it’s hard to remember ever being them at all.

My views on virginity have not changed.

I waver between a cop-out agnostic and principled atheism

In many, many ways... Hufflepuff is my favorite house.

Art is one of the sources through which the soul expresses itself and inspires others. But to express art thoroughly, one must have the inner emotions opened thoroughly.

A woman with a mind, a body with a soul. A heart full of love, that won't let go.

I think fame is one of those things where you have a window of opportunity and you have a certain amount of trust from the fans and without that you don't have a career.

My kids and I sometimes will just sit in my office and talk about what the world was like 68 million years ago. Amanda, our oldest daughter, wanted to be a paleontologist for a long time.

The essence of what it is to be American is the deep moral urge to be free, to freely express yourself and have the right to do so, and to look at all people as equals.