My mother was an avid reader...She loved books about romance. Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes...

I look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.

That's when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you - without you asking.

A good mother is irreplaceable.

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.

But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.

We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.

Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.

I even love the smell of books.

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who want to know the facts, and those who want to make up a nice story to feel better. I wish I was the kind who made up stories.

The personal study of Holy Bible is essential to knowing God.

Being forever available to the rest of the world is overrated. I mean, what are 'missed calls' invented for?

Don't pound your chest when it's all good, then blame God when it's all bad.

I am a small business owner I'm in the agri-business. That's about as blind a trust as you can get. We trust in the Lord for rain and many other things.

It's not so much about powerful women. In some cases, there are stereotypes about women. I often don't hear men talked about in the same way. It's more a sexist stereotype than a powerful stereotype.

The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.

There is nothing more frightful than for a teacher to know only what his scholars are intended to know.

We are not beginners forever, but we never stop learning.

There is a genius in every man and woman, waiting to be brought forth.