I always knew I wanted to be a writer.

Love happens when people forgive.

Friends don't get jealous of each other or begrudge the other for finding success. They celebrate every victory together.

Perfect love drives out fear

The next time that boy pursues you, he better do it like a dying man looking for water in a desert. When it's the right guy, you'll know, because he'll cherish you.

God stays awake all the time. In case we need to talk to Him about something.

You don't have love without sacrifice; you can't have sacrifice without love.

Christmas is a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass our own.

God grows fragrant flowers of hope in the ashes of loss.

Life is too short for half-hearted connections and meaningless run-throughs.

I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.

A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.

Life’s good when it’s lived for oneself

Talking doesn't mean you have said something. What really matters is the message your words carry, not the sound, but the reveberation it causes on the soul.

When they were silent for a moment the quiet weight of the house pressed down from all around them.

Each man had come to know the other's caricature as a lie.

Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it.

I want to love you and take you pretty places. Yes, I have things wrong, but also I can walk through walls if you'll let me show you.

The intellectual heritage of the race belongs to the minority.

Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again

Acting has always been a passion of mine, so any opportunity that allows me to do that is definitely of interest to me.