If you look up "charming" in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?

Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.

You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.

Too often in my life, love has been defined as "humiliation with occasional roses".

So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.

When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.

Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.

Rejection, though--it could make the loss of someone you weren't even that crazy about feel gut wrenching and world ending.

It's shocking the things we call love.

People are secretive when they have secrets.

It took me years to figure out that upset was upset, and tumultuousness was not the same thing as passion. Love isn't drama.

Am I falling in love? She thought, is it safe to do so with this man? She thought, I don't need to answer.

There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision the determination and the courage to reach it.

It's wonderful to be grateful. To have that gratitude well out from deep within you and pour out in waves. Once you truly experience this, you will never want to give it up.

Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters.

The body is not the only target of rape. Violence does not always take a visible form, and not all wounds gush blood.

It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead.

Kettle thingies. Yum.

Who? God. What? He loves you. Where? Everywhere. When? Always, forever, without ceasing. How? Totally, completely. Why? Because you are His child!

I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks... lying that I knew how to drive a truck... and doing commercials and documentaries.

It is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.