Home is where your teapots are.

I wish there was someone I could have written to after that, someone I could have written to explain how awful it was to have someone touch you, then look at you properly and change his mind.

I collected pictures and I drew pictures and I looked at the pictures by myself. And because no one else ever saw them, the pictures were perfect and true. They were alive.

The first coffee of the morning is never, ever, ready quickly enough. You die before it’s ready and then your ghost pours the resurrection potion out of the moka pot.

I feel like an old lady; my hero is Miss Marple.

Because things grow. Wherever there is air and light and open space, things grow.

There were days when he touched the tip of her nose and it was enough, a miracle of plenty.

The language of [Catholic] mysticism - its repeated attempts to lay consciousness itself bare and speak all the intensely opposing yet interconnected parts of it that cannot be spoken.

I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot.

I dont have a style. I just try to write what the story demands.

I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work.

Faith in God gives self-confidence.

Every morning do not go to work, but go to actualize your desire filled dreams.

. . . it seemed to me that where others had prayed before to their God, in their joy or in their agony, was of itself a sacred place.

The arts give us our identity as a community; they also draw new people, fresh visions, and renewable economic opportunity to our community.

Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.

The moon just crapped the bed.

I love being a mom. Being a mother is my favorite thing ever.

Once we recognize our shadow's existence we must resist the enticing step of going with its flow.

Only the development of his inner powers can offset the dangers inherent in man's losing control of the tremendous natural forces at his disposal and becoming the victim of his own achievements.

I want a church I can stay in for years. I don't want surprises, scandals, or secrets from my church leaders.