It always amazes me how when we’re sure we’ve lost something for good, it winds up finding us.

Sometimes we just have to cut off the dead branches in our life. Sometimes that's the only way we can keep the tree alive. It's hard and it hurts, but it's what's best.

Every morning we get a chance to be different. A chance to change. A chance to be better. Your past is your past. Leave it there. Get on with the future part, honey.

Freelance isn't for everyone - you've got to be aggressive and enjoy working alone. But you could make more money than you ever imagined.

Caring for someone is scary, because you both know how it feels to lose someone in the span of a heartbeat.

I can forgive a man’s past faults, his present shortcomings, and his future failures if every minute of every day he loves me like it’s his religion.

If you say you’re going to trust your man, then trust your man. Don’t revoke that privilege when he needs it most.

The few things I’d sacrificed, or put on hold, to be with my husband and baby were worth it.

I try to keep the happy memories. If that's what you call selective memories, I'm good with that.

Wealth can be created. Wit and intelligence can't.

Don't underestimate the power of the nonverbal. You'd be amazed how many people come in for interviews with poor posture, weak handshakes, and blank stares.

Creativity is the fragrance of individual freedom.

Making good use of our limited time - the limited time from birth to death, as well as our limited time each day - is the key to developing inner steadiness and calm.

I want a book to contain a world - indeed the world. Writing is my main means of engagement with the world and I want the scars of that engagement to be left in the language.

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

I'm a big fan of the Harry Potter books, but I'd love to do one where one of the kids dies, or one of the main characters dies. I love for those things to have a little bit more tragedy.

It may not seem obvious at first glance, but the way we make decisions in life tells a lot about the kind of faith we have in Jesus Christ.

The essence of design... lies in the process of discovering a problem shared by many people and trying to solve it.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

When you meet the needy your heart grows bigger

I think that gardening is nearer to godliness than theology.