Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm.

When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate.

When you live in Texas, every single time you see snow it?s magical.

There is something fascinatingly awkward about an author photo. I'm drawn to those glossy shots in the back of books, mostly because the subjects never look happy to be there.

It's sad when our daddies die. Makes us one less person inside.

They had not yet attained the stupefying boredom of omnipotence

I threw myself so far in your depth that it took me a month to come out and notice I was actually sitting in my room. Nowhere else. Not with you.

People may say it is better to face problems in life but I say run if you believe you can run faster.

Grace is never wanting. God always gives sufficient grace to whoever is willing to receive it.

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.

True up-bringing is restricted to two types of welfare; the welfare of the body and that of the mind.

The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

God, the object of our worship, also becomes the inspiration of that worship. He has imparted His own Spirit into our hearts to energize that worship. All that is due Him comes from Him.

America had taken my father from me. And over most of the years of his illness, I gradually started feeling this support system from this country who-people grieving along with us.

My favorite musical? I don't. It changes all the time. I'm just a diehard, I'm totally old school, like I'll sit and watch, if they are re-doing Oklahoma in New York, I will be the first one there.