I've had an exciting time; I married for love and got a little money along with it.

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?

Ho! Wise men say, 'He who hath not a good and ready memory should never meddle in telling lies.'"Drew smiled. "I have a good and ready memory.

Lightning hides the colour of night

Speak kindly to with adult women as you would to your mother.

Consistency is the horror of the world.

Seeing, looking at what others cannot bear to see is what my life is all about.

I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend.

To turn events into ideas is the function of literature.

Men judge of Christians by taking as fair samples those that lie rotten on the ground.

Ninety-five percent of the time when I run a contest I've purchased the giveaway prizes with advertising money.

I'm interested in the possibility of fiction which straddles narrative and essay.