Jocelyn’s stomach lodged another complaint with the management regarding the length of time since breakfast.

I’d venture to guess that a list of things you know nothing about could fill volumes.

It pains me to admit this, but Roger was a good sight less stupid than most children.

Jocelyn did not want to always remain the same. Where was the adventure in that?

…she simply accepted it for what it was — a normal, average, everyday kind of miracle.

…if you will quit squirming about and be patient you will see that most things in life, wishes included, do not have immediate results.

For the first time in her life, Jocelyn felt the hot shame of being underdressed for a party.

Dead mothers are rather fashionable these days. They lend such an attractive air of tragedy.

Social conditioning, accompanied by moral and mental constraints, now serve to render the mediocre mind nearly incapable of unbiased assessment.

The urge to lie is produced by the contradictions in our lives. We are made to declare love for our country, while it tramples our rights and dignity.

I don't want people to chop off the citizens' or anybody's heads in the Middle East, OK? Because they're Christian or Muslim or anything else.

It is as important to monitor your mind constantly as it is to sit down and practice meditation.

Success is the process of not accepting failure.

The fact is, unlike a lot of writers, I credit the people who help me. A lot of writers out there have a ton of researchers and they don't get credited in the book.

I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series.

I had to surrender to not worrying about the way I looked, how much I weighed...I am not a woman whose self-worth comes from her dress size.

Liberal education reminds those members of a mass democracy who have ears to hear, of human greatness.

I've got a few guitars that I like. The trouble with fame and riches is that you have more than one guitar.