He raised his brows. "You're drunk." "Am not!" He gave me a bland look. "A drunk's famous last words before they fall flat on their face.

You're a quiet, beautiful woman in a loud, ugly place. An orchid among weeds. You define obvious.

The first river you paddle runs through the rest of your life. It bubbles up in pools and eddies to remind you who you are.

The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.

The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud.

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

And I would urge all women to have that regular mammogram.

Height has nothing to do with it, it is your strength that counts.

For the girls with messy hair and thirsty hearts.

When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting.

If you wish to know the truth, read the holy Scriptures.

Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.

The forgiveness of God flows through me and because I am forgiven, I can forgive.

When our spirit departs, we will transit into the next world.

Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice.

By the mid 1970s, the great downtown bookstores had begun to disappear as their customers migrated from city to suburb where population density was too thin to support major backlist retailers.

When you do a comedy, the goals are much clearer to me.

Better you don't search for who you are until you know who it is you want to find.

It is a serious mistake to judge God within the narrow limits of our own understanding and abilities.