I feel like my joy in life has intensified, (and) my compassion for people has just strengthened. I have compassion that I wouldn't have had before.

Because with time, faith, and love...even our scars can become beautiful.

A beautiful heart wants to know God and gets to know him through his Word.

I hated the mirror and avoided it as much as I could. A glimpse would only remind me: I'll never be normal again.

You just go around getting hung up on all the least convenient things--and if the only obstacle in your way is a little extra work, then that's the wonderful gift right there.

It is impossible to think big without thinking complex.

If anybody comes into my home and tries to hurt my kids, I've no problem shooting them.

I need someone. I need to hold somebody close. And I need more than this holding. I need someone to understand how I feel at a time like now. And the understanding must be part of the holding.

Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.

He had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars.

My grandma has said many of the things her character says. But she was much nicer! I made her meaner for dramatic purposes.

Oliver [Goldstick] is a very dynamic and imaginative writer, so the stage directions were visceral and very clearly written.

Peter would think her sentimental. So she was. For she had come to feel that it was the only thing worth saying – what one felt. Cleverness was silly. One must say simply what one felt.

I really do not understand the members of my generation.