She thought of the Good Shepherd with His sheep. Of the Man hanging upon the cross. And the understanding bubbled up within her soul: He makes all things new.

So treasure your moments of happiness, the glimpses you see of truth, the nights you've been loved. That's all you've got.

She paused in the doorway, tipping her head to consider Brittany, who only glared. "You're right. I think most girls don't look like the tooth fairy dresses them every day.

It would be an existence rife with difficulties... but of a pleasurable kind, difficulties they could take pride in, possess, value, as one would a family heirloom.

On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say.

Love is giving of yourself in a way that is free of fear.

There is such a thing as good interference from your record label. I don't think I get enough interference from my record label.

For many years I had heard about an underworld consisting of people who act out a vampire fantasy while I was living in New York. Fortunately for me there are also several books on the phenomena.

The landscape of my childhood was one of fierce occupation by trees.

My sisters were sent away because my mother thought they were boring. I was not boring.

Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.