No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

Ah, Zora, you are so naive, " the fire fairy said with a hearty chuckle. "You have no idea what happened to them, do you? You have no clue as to what happened to your parents.

Ignore the world when it forgets to tell you that you are beautiful...A goddess needs no reminding...

You understand how much you know about a subject the moment you give explanations to someone who doesn't know anything about it.

Beyond the curve of his days he glimpsed neither superhuman happiness nor eternity--happiness was human, eternity ordinary.

I'm always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so that I don't get too comfortable.

The Brooklyn Dodgers had a no hitter last night.

There are moments in business and in life when you have to say, "Failure is not an option."

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

It might be said that society speaks through the clothing it wears. Through its clothing it reveals its secret aspirations and uses it, at least in part, to build or destroy its future.

God's goodness is the root of all goodness; and our goodness, if we have any, springs out of His goodness.