Heartache, guilt, loss, grief, these things, too, are monsters.

This is not something anyone can teach you. Heartbreak you must learn on your own.

I’m sorry, ’ I whispered. I didn’t know whether I was sympathizing with her broken heart or apologizing for a family who had had theirs broken, too.

Even knowing, as I do now, that grace, power, and, yes, love can hide the darkest elements of the human heart, I would do it all again.

The hours were long, but the days were short, and as much as I willed it to never come, the end of summer arrived anyway.

I think inspiration is strongest when I find a balance between observation and participation. You can’t write about what it means to dance by watching from the bleachers.

But if love can be funny and capricious, it can also be strong enough to seem like a sign of insanity.

Choose your friends with caution, plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

God’s favor in its fullness is that which allows strength to overcome with weakness, love to overcome hatred, God’s goodness to defeat Satan’s evil nature.

...[I]f I don't get going soon, the whole impetus may die---and if that happens, well, I really shall consider a long, restful plunge into insanity. Sometimes the abyss yawns very attractively.

I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon of rock fans.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.

Polite conservationists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground.

If the Holy Spirit guides us, He will do it according to the Scriptures and never contrary to them.

I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor should do, make you feel something. I think that's why people love films so much.

Know what your people are like, and make sure they do their jobs excellently.

I never voted for anybody. I always voted against.