Love and prayer are intimately related.

For me, almost always, the answer was cake.

Consider the difference between the first and third person in poetry [...] It's like the difference between looking at a person and looking through their eyes.

If you only write for 15 minutes at a time, you can write a book and still have time for Legos.

Marry, don't marry, ' Auntie Aya says as we unfold layers of dough to make an apple str

Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground

You must possess Passion along with having a very strong no-fear spiritual belief in order to gain true success in life.

It is important how people take you.

Vampirism is not a contagious disease.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life.

I can't imagine dating a boy, meeting him only outside the home. What's a home and family for if it's not the center of one's life?

Share with people who have earned the right to hear your story.

How I imagined myself being 50 is not how I am feeling now. You think you'll be different, but I still feel like I am about 12 years old - mentally, not physically.

My wit is sharper then the finest mustache, and when I walk among men I make truths ring like spurs.

Joss [Whedon] is an excellent storyteller. It really doesn't matter what medium he's working in.