- How does it feel to have a daughter?- At times it's like holding a warm egg in my hand.

It was darker, all she could see of him was a shadow. He was fading more and more, slipping through her hands, dead at the bottom of sleep.

Where does music go when it’s not playing?—she asked herself. And disarmed she would answer: May they make a harp out of my nerves when I die.

She felt the phrase “demand her rights” had lain inside her forever, waiting.

But she didn’t want to rest! – Her blood ran through her more slowly, its pace domesticated, like a beast that had trained its steps to fit in its cage.

Dying is something else. Dying is different to good and bad.

The steel suddenly touched her heart. Ah, jealousy, it was jealousy, the cold hand mashing her slowly, squeezing her, diminishing her soul.

Inside her it was as if death didn’t exist, as if love could weld her, as if eternity were renewal.

I can feel myself holding a child, thought Joanna. Sleep, my child, sleep, I tell you. The child is warm and I am sad.

We relegate God to our spare time—but end up never having any spare time! Jesus said, “Seek first his kingdom” [Matthew 6:33 NIV].

I'm so tired of people who can't be honest. "Beauty is on the inside" Really?? Then why do rich guys & successful guys always end up with beautiful women but they have lousy personalities?.

Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others.

I think there's a lot more appreciation and maturity and acceptance of everyone's flaws.

but as God said, crossing his legs, I see where I have made plenty of poets but not so very much poetry.

It's enjoyable to just drink in an image. It's effortless. That struck me as an interesting way of looking at it: I do all the grunt work so you can enjoy.

Chickens are brave till the foxes come at night; mortals are courageous till the death comes at twilight.

Satan often paints sin with virtue's colors.

As a reader I like both great characterization and fast moving plots. The challenge is to balance the both and not compromise one for the other.

Usury once in control will wreck the nation.