It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.

Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.

If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life.

Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.

Finally, cooking is good citizenship. It's the only way to get serious about putting locally raised foods into your diet, which keeps farmlands healthy and grocery money in the neighborhood.

We came from Bethlehem, Georgia bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle.

Maybe life doesn't get any better than this, or any worse, and what we get is just what we're willing to find: small wonders, where they grow.

Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.

It's what you do that makes your soul.

Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.

The feeling that i showed u. You took it for granted.The efforts that I made for u.You showed me like they were never counted.The love that I gave u.You act Like u never wanted.Strange

Plant the trees just for beauty, If flowers bloom or fruits ripen, Enjoy it as a gift and appreciate nature as a universal giver.

John, what are you doing? John, my diet soda. What are you doing?

Do it now and avoid the June rush! Fear death by water!

My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last.

A nothing day full of wild beauty .... Little fish stream by, a river in water.

If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don't deserve to succeed.

Good morning, Lord! What are You up to today? Can I be a part of it? Thank You. Amen.

The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.

I don't care if I die - look, I'm old - but you want your kids to have good times and a good life.