I would rather receive a Pap smear from Captain Hook than venture out on New Year's Eve.

I believe that I have such a vanilla life.

I still believe in the Holy Trinity, except now it's Target, Trader Joe's, and IKEA.

I'm the person who says every single thing she thinks, sometimes to others' amusement, and almost always to my detriment.

No matter how happy anyone is with their choices, I believe it's human nature to wonder about the path not taken.

As a reader, I notice political views regardless of whether or not the book is fiction. What annoys me is when said views do nothing to advance the narrative.

In real life, I tend to yell at people a lot. Not because I'm bossy or mean, but because I'm frustrated.

I don't mean to get all religious here, but I'm pretty sure key lime martinis (with a graham cracker & sugar rim) are proof that Jesus loves us.

Fortunately, all it takes for us to be of one mind is some buttercream frosting.

For the record? I have never been her baby. In fact, I reject the notion of coming out of her body. I prefer to believe I was hatched, or perhaps purchased.

Ambien might have mentally just tossed my salad. WITH CROUTONS.

There is no communication with God without communication with God’s people

Speaking about work isn’t working.

I should never make anything of a fisherman. I had not got sufficient imagination

Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.

In every man's heart there is a devil, but we do not know the man as bad until the devil is roused.

We need a strategy to destroy ISIS there. You can't do that without the cooperation of the Muslim world because they're as threatened as we are.

I don't want to just entertain people. I want to touch them.

In fact, during her [Hillary Clinton] tenure as Secretary of State, total arms exports from the United States in terms of the dollar value, doubled.

Listen to Jesus and follow him. That's the message of the Transfiguration.

Mom used to say I didn't run away from home my destiny just caught up with me at an early age.