Maybe it shouldn’t have come as such a surprise, but like a tooth extraction, there was a moment of intense pain and then a numbing sense of loss. I was officially unmarried.

Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

The girl behind the scrawled letters. I loved you from the moment I read them. I love you still.” - Will Herondale

In order for an ideal to become a reality, there must be a person, a personality to translate it.

I don't think the meaning in my paintings comes from just using broken dishes.

My perfect Sunday is waking up at 10 - which, you know, those days are over for me - but waking up at 10, breakfast with children, hanging out with well-behaved children.

Prayer is no substitute for work; equally true is it that work is no substitute for prayer.

If you persist in ignoring your intuition, you may find yourself stuck in a permanent holding pattern instead of taking the risks that lead to creative growth.

This also, that I live, I consider a gift of God.

If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!