It becomes very difficult for us to adjust to a world without social media because we spend so much time involved with it.

We miss extra bits of knowledge that can add value to our lives. We sort of lack empathy because we're multitasking all the time.

I'm not a fan of the selfie. I think it's at the heart of the narcissism that social media brings into our lives.

Social media has a way of changing your mood. I can see a picture of my ex, and it ruins my day.

I wouldn't say anyone is 100% honest online. I don't see how it's even possible.

Each person can achieve balance by cutting a few things out and seeing how it goes. If you cut something out, and it goes well, and your life is better, you keep doing it.

If you can pinpoint the moments in social media that are really negative experiences, those are the ones you can cut out. And when you do, you recognize how much better your life is.

If I'm a secure person, my online persona is going to be pretty similar to the person that I am. If I'm insecure, my online persona is probably very different from who I am in real life.

We're all not exactly the same person online that we are in real life. I am not as happy as my Instagram makes me look. We are all heightening the positives and downplaying the negatives.

One of the things that makes a social-media cleanse so difficult is that every time we log on, every notification we get is an addictive substance. It's just like any drug.

Deep pain awakens the pleasure of wonder.

Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides is a useful talent.

Defect in one's limb ruins a man.

Great success breeds a lot of things, including sequels.

In eternity everything is just beginning.

But sons are a different matter to a man. More a duty than an indulgence.

I went to all-girls' schools my whole life, so every model of leadership that I saw was a young girl or a woman, and so there was never any hesitation that women could lead. I know what I believe.

Heaven-as you call it-is nowhere. Let's just put some space between the w and the h in that word and you'll see that heaven is now...here.

Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.