Memories can sometimes be more powerful than the present.

I don’t regret meeting Jon. I knew that God put us together early. I knew he was my destiny, but sometimes as if I was a fisherman I wanted to throw back my destiny and start again

I was going to stop pretending that just because we were in ministry we were perfect. I was tired of wearing the mask of ministry, and knew that I needed to start living the life.

Repentance seemed like too loose of a word. I knew I’d been wrong, but that didn’t soften the blow.

If I ever form a clan, we'll be the anti-cheerleaders and walk under the bleacher forming mild acts of mayhem.

Guys are accessories, until one proves he's an necessity.

You cannot pour more water into a full cup without causing a spillage.

Beware of prejudice; light is good in whatsoever lamp it is burning; a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Slavery was not born of racism; rather, racism was the consequence of slavery.

In a climate of tight budgets, reduced workforces and stiff competition, internal training can be a great substitute for costly offsite workshops and conferences.

Cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good.

God is enough like us to understand our problems and enough above us to be able to solve them.

It’s a trick Ben taught me to help settle my Noise. You close yer eyes and as clearly and calmly as you can you tell yerself who you are, cuz that’s what gets lost in all that Noise.

All we know is that the school achievement, IQ test score, and emotional and social development of working mothers' children are every bit as good as that of children whose mothers do not work.