Live and learn and pass it on.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.

Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

We have to choose life. Choose risk. Choose love. The only safe place for our hearts is to dive deeply into the magnificent, eternal, ridiculous, overwhelming love that God has for us.

Fear, is a horrible place to live in, and much worse die in.

Where the mind is past hope the heart is past shame.

If you want creativity, take a zero off your budget. If you want sustainability, take off two zeros.

Fear is always a good motivator.

Art is not an end in itself, but a means of addressing humanity.

...poor people are just as human as anyone else. They have just as much potential as anyone.

Creativity needs to be exercised to grow strong.

Doubt means don't. Don't move. Don't answer. Don't rush forward.

The Eleventh Plague hits disturbingly close to home An excellent, taut debut novel.