She just knew that even when you had nothing, you still had love.

Who knows what may lie around the next corner? There may be a window somewhere ahead. It may look out on a field of sunflowers.

I mean, when the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it's your job to stand in the way.

Don't believe everything you hear today

I will die like a true-blue rebel. Don't waste any time in mourning - organize.

All the world is made of music. We are all strings on a lyre. We resonate. We sing together.

The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.

I will be waiting by candlelight in our tree house of the mind.

Was there any human urge more pitiful-or more intense- than wanting another chance at something?

If the workers took a notion they could stop all speeding trains; every ship upon the ocean they can tie with mighty chains.

But God fears women even more that He fears the devil- and is right to. She, with her power to bring life into the world, was truly made in the image of the Creator, not man.

It is the end of the world. Surely you could be allowed a few carnal thoughts.

Each day has a color, a smell.

The safe place lies in obedience to God's Word, singleness of heart and holy vigilance.

Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.

If nobody cares, then it doesn't matter what happens to flowers.

I am learning that a life isn't real unless someone else knows its reality. And I want my life to be real.

The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections... What a man had rather were true he more readily believes.

There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar.

Sometimes the best way to get someone's attention is to stop giving them yours.

I'll tell you what I was most surprised to discover about my writing process, and that is that I never know what I'm doing.