Never miss an opportunity of noticing anything of beauty ...

Once faith dies, the death of hope follows hard on its heels.

Belief is half of healing.

Wherever you are, wherever you go, be sure to spread the light.

To encourage me is to believe in me, which gives me the power to defeat dragons.

Any old woman can love God better than a doctor of theology can.

Research is always a very necessary part of my process because all of my books to this point have been historical. Time spent in the library adds to one's wealth as a writer or artist.

But I have no desire for fame and power anymore. I crawled out of the swamp and I'm not crawling back in.

The moment you think creed and form and ceremony the "be-all" and "end-all", then you are in bondage. Take part in them to help others, but take care they do not become a bondage.

How long a book tends to illustrate depends on the book. The Awful Aunty took me 10 days.

It's nice to see arrogance humbled.