He rides pleasantly enough whom the grace of God carries.

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things.

First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

Don't think so much about who is for or against you, rather give all your care, that God be with you in everything you do.

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

Words can make or break, use your words carefully

Have you ever felt really close to someone? So close that you can't understand why you and the other person have two separate bodies, two separate skins?

Setting that little girl loose in her society would be like putting a fox in with the chickens. (Violet Strange's detective boss.)

As long as I can apply my craft, I'm happy.

I enjoy the process of writing. The torment comes in getting my bottom on the chair and in front of the typewriter.

My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.

One person's disaster is another person's talking point.

...the meaning of my thoughts started to float away from me, like leaves that fall from a tree into a river, I was the tree, the world was the river.

I can never stop working hard. Each day I feel that I have to improve. Hardwork...Determination...I gotta keep pushing myself.

Silence of the heart is necessary so you can hear God everywhere - in the closing of the door, in the person who needs you, in the birds that sing, in the flowers, in the animals.