Sonetimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself.

Long ago she'd clamped an iron shell around her heart and nothing and no one could pry it lose, but deep inside the tender flesh still beat.

She raised her head and saw a squadron of fighter planes. She stretched her hand high as if she could grab hold and climb away from what she had done, from who she was.

When we're not following God's will, our sacrifices aren't acceptable to Him. What God wants most is for us to be broken before Him, walk with Him, know Him, and obey Him.

Ruth wiped her eyes. Successful at a price? Forgiven but damaged? She wished so much more for her baby sister.

Every major accomplishment in a man's life requires a major level of commitment.

True kindness is an anchor that drops deep into the heart and you feel it while it’s dropping. Meanwhile, untrue kindness is merely a condition of the face.

Humor is just another defense against theuniverse.

I used to be neurotic. I didn't like myself very much. But somewhere in my mid-40s, my neuroses stopped seeming so important. I developed a sense of humor.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

You will be led to do the right thing at the right time and in the right way.

His eyes met mine at the soft touch, and a chime seemed to shake the ley line, realigning the universe. He was mine.

I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing.

War is ninety percent information.

I don't care who's on the label, because I have a job to do.