I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

I do not like candid pictures. They are so unattractive.

I have always believed that God never gives a cross to bear larger than we can carry. No matter what, he wants us to be happy, not sad. birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life.

it is not tears but determination that makes pain bearable.

I tried to allow my children to take risks, to test themselves. Better broken bones than broken spirit.

Life is not a matter of milestones, but moments.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Even in extreme conditions, we should not act according to the flesh, for it lusts against the spirit

Stand up to ignorance, because if you don't, the ignorant will run free to spread ignorance like a disease.

They are not my stories...they are merely mine to tell

No one goes straight to happiness after a breakup.

we would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.

The aim of political institutions like the United Nations is to draw the line between struggle and conflict and to make it possible for nations to stay on the right side of that line.

The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place.

When your past calls, don't answer. It has nothing new to say.

It is the loss of the feminine counterpart of God that causes the wound that never heals.

I live in New Jersey now, which always gets a bad rap here and there, but I must say, I enjoy living here too