I close my eyes, thinking that there is nothing like an embrace after an absence, nothing like fitting my face into the curve of his shoulder and filling my lungs with the scent of him.

She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.

Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct.

This is love, I think. A place where people who have been alone may lock together like hawks and spin in the air, dizzy with surprise at the connection. A place you go willingly, and with wonder

I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be.

If it is possible to die of grief then why on earth can't someone be healed by happiness?

I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for, " Ian whispers. "I think we just do.

Objection!" Metz shouts.Grounds?" the judge asks.Well...he's my witness!

Children are supposed to go to school, play on swing sets, skin their knees.

You can believe something really hard, ' Faith says, 'and still be wrong.

There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human's mind against the Enemy. He wants men to be concerned with what they do

The gospel declares that no matter how dutiful or prayerful we are, we can't save ourselves. What Jesus did was sufficient.

What is man but his passion?

Geisha is always called beautiful even if she is not.

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.

Our best years are only ahead of us, so we got to continue to keep pushing.

You got one life, never use it just to breathe.

You can't direct without a good crew.

I did nothing. The Word did it all.

Each individual is a species unto him/herself.