I used to have a blankie, and when my mom had to wash it, I would sit outside the dryer and watch it go round and round, and cry.

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!

Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.

I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

Daisies are like sunshine to the ground.

I've always loved butterflies, because they remind us that it's never too late to transform ourselves.

Our passion is what we have been designed to do so as not to get bored between being born and death.

Intimacy with God is not experienced through monolog prayers but through reflective listening as well as earnest petitioning.

You must go to the extreme to find out who you are, but sometimes, you never go back.

It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.

Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing The Bear. I thought, What if I just stopped and listened?

Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honor.

I used to pull rank and wait until the wind was blowing out.

Those who know when to halt are unharmed.

I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible.

If clothes can help you see yourself on your best day, why shouldn't every day be that day?