It's her ability as an artist to see possibility where others see a blank page and, by extension, to see victory where others see certain defeat that truly empowers her...

As an artist, her imagination isn't fettered by the constraints of reality.

We live vicariously through stories, because our own lives provide so few opportunities for high-stakes adventure and noble sacrifice.

Art is magic, and art is powerful. Art saves lives- I really believe that. It gives us courage and compassion we might not have on our own.

I held on to my better nature by my fingernails but I held on.

To establish principles of her kingdom is to function In Optimal Health

It's just hard to travel in the shadow of regret. In fact, it's so hard that I actually haven't left yet.

The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world.

If there is in fact, a heaven and a hell, all we know for sure is that hell will be a viciously overcrowded version of Phoenix.

It is knowledge that ultimately gives salvation.

Even to this day, grace remains hard to swallow. Religiosity and moralism go down easier than free forgiveness.

I don't want to go around making everyone else agree with me. I don't feel the need to do that.

Amid the turmoil and tumult of battle, there may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all.

O King, believe not this hard-hearted man!