People love the way they're capable of loving-but that's not always how you want them to love or how you think they should love.

I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.

You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle.

It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.

And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope - nothing else.

Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around - beds, pillows, arms, laps.

Christopher Reeve understood that everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.

Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher.

Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.

[On her father, Ronald Reagan:] How do you argue with someone who states that the people who are sleeping on the grates of the streets of America 'are homeless by choice'?

When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.

An unexpected Blessing is an answer to a Prayer said, trusting that God will get to it, no matter how long it takes.

Black holes collect problems faster than they collect matter.

I'm a firm believer in shades of gray.

God's revelation is in the gospel not only reveals who He is, but it also reveals who we are.

She’s not… She’s not datin’ the skeleton, is she? How would that be even possible, let alone… nice? He’s got no skin, or lips, or… or nothin’.

I believe in invisible; I do not believe in visible.

I find that time constraints actually make me more productive, and "real world" experiences provide a lot of inspiration to write.

Being in the entertainment industry in L.A. is the equivalent to being in the publishing industry in New York. You don't ever have to hangout with anybody else.

I can understand the things that afflict mankind, but I often marvel at God those which console. An atom may wound, but God alone can heal.

It's better to feel sorry for doing something bad than to feel superior for doing something good.