It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting.

I just sat there letting that music cover me like a big, cozy blanket.

The thing I realize is, that it's not what you take, it's what you leave.

Sorry wastes time. You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.

We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.

Music did that to me, just like God was supposed to, because music seemed both magic and holy.

Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own - my words are gone.

You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you're going to stay up on the ledge you've made for yourself.

I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.

You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.

No more winter at all. Finch, you brought me spring.

Meditate on the Word within the closed walls of your heart to make it stronger through agape.

I am more than less, but less than worthy. Worthy to be heard, but heard in silence

My second husband believed I had such a fickle attitude to friendship that each Friday he would update the list of my 'Top Ten' friends in the manner of a Top Of The Pops chart countdown.

A writer is someone who has a one-man tent in the desert and occasionally he sees the footprint of an other writer - in the form of a review or something.

I'm a big believer in tolerance. I think that religion at it's best comes with a big dose of doubt.

Andy Samberg is the only person I've ever seen do an impression of me, and I didn't think it was that accurate. I'd like to see somebody else impersonate me, especially if they can do a good job.

I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!

I don't think you have to live in the fantasy world of Westeros to have problems with your mother-in-law.

That only can with propriety be styled refinement which, by strengthening the intellect, purifies the manners.

I'm a really good swimmer.