I have been misunderstood more than I've been understood in my life.

If Shakespeare required a word and had not met it in civilized discourse, he unhesitatingly made it up.

I'm a mom first. That's all I really care about - being a good mom and a good wife. The writing always comes second for me.

Resiliency, like a cartwheel, requires core strength and a disregard for gravity. Only one of which can be willed.

Belittling nostalgia is a frightened man's parlor trick. Be grateful for any prize. Even a paper fortress, albeit briefly, provides shelter from the rain.

Was it not worth the loss of a little immortality to have that strange mix of innocence and strength close to him?

I mediate on God’s word, therefore, I have hope.

You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and actupon. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking andsubsequent actions.

Death and ruin is man's preferred ecosystem.

Don't worry about the consequences, just be a writer!

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

She must face her grief where the struggle is always hardest-in the place where each trivial object is attended by pleasant memories.

Children are the future, because mankind is moving more and more towards infancy.

I love doing a lot of things I'm told I can't do. I think that's what drives me and keeps me awake every day.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.