People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.

This is the end of the day, but soon there will be a new day.

If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.

If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

I am perfectly qualified to give you an injection. You're not going to tell me you're afraid of a little prick?""I wouldn't call you that...

A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ.

It is time to stop standing at the edges of rooms. Hugging the walls. Living in my head. Wishing I had something to say.

The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.

Obviously somebody had been appallingly incompetent and he hoped to God it wasn't him.

I think I have come across as "unafraid" because I really cannot control what comes through me in my writing.

Dressage is when you put a dress on your horse. It's like putting on drag, but for horses.

But hope will make thee young, for Hope and Youth Are children of one mother, even Love.

There are a lot of wonderful women writers who would be good influences on writers. You've got to spread yourself out and educate yourself with all kinds of stories.

If you wait for people to come to you, you'll only get small problems. You must go and find them. The big problems are where people don't realize they have one in the first place.