Is it every man and woman's curse to want it all and only get ten percent of it? Or do we ask too much?

Good posture and an attitude let you get away with anything.

Home was always the place she went to when she had to start over.

To be good to yourself ... Sometimes it seems that takes a special talent all its own.

Not everything's funny, Mother.""No, " said Leola, "so I guess when you can laugh, , it's all the sweeter.

In the stillness, our eyes do all the silent talking. Our chests move with heavy breathing and desire pours out through our pores. It's unmistakable.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

One effect of an individualistic culture that's poor at instilling mutual respect is that people jump more quickly to anger or violence.

I definitely think cheerleaders have no fear. When I took the Hellcats job I was like whoa, this is a sport. Cheerleaders deserve a lot of respect for what they do.

I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.

A good thing never ends.

We cannot trust in our own strength, but only in Jesus and in his mercy.

I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties.

It is as we respond to the understandings and feelings inherent in . . . art that we acquire much of our truth, much of our nobility and grace, and much of our pleasure.