I write because I want to have more than one life.

Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!

I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.

It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from.

It is not how much you love someone, but who you are when you are with him.

The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.

It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.

Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.

People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.

The hardest novel to write was Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.

I don't believe everything "is meant to be." I believe God wants to direct our steps, but our free will makes for a lot of detours.

Why is it they say you always hurt the ones you love? Because you know exactly how to do it.

My hope is in you, Lord. Be my refuge, for You are my strength.... Into Your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, Lord, God of Truth.

The only thing I ever wanted to be was a cartoonist. That's my Life. DRAWING.

Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.

Teaching translation is more of an editing job. You act as editor. But you can have fun with it.

I'm not suffering from withdrawal symptoms. I would say that I have a balanced state of mind.

I think that maybe forgiveness is like change - it comes in small steps. (256)

When there's an ache, you want to be like aspirin, not vitamins. Aspirin solves a very particular problem someone has, whereas vitamins are a general "nice to have" market.

A human being is a deciding being.