Setting is a major aspect in writing all of my books, both in terms of natural and cultural environments.

That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

You are, and always have been, my dream.

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

I want you to be.... happy.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.

No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is a thing to behold.

As long as Christianity is the dominant belief system in America, we cannot afford to be biblically or theologically illiterate, regardless of our personal beliefs. (p. 8)

the ignobility of thought and action that desperation born of indigence produces.

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

I don't want to lose the awe we get to help another human being.

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

An intense copper calm, like a universal yellow lotus, was more and more unfolding its noiseless measureless leaves upon the sea.

Time glides with undiscover'd haste; The future but a length behind the past.

Faith must be tested, because it can be turned into a personal possession only through conflict.