Steve Yarbrough is a masterful storyteller-one of our finest-and Safe from the Neighbors is a masterpiece. . . . This is a spellbinding, powerful novel.

I thought that we were all like trees, flexible youths, saplings, who grow up heavy and stiff, spread seeds and get chopped down and turned into notebook paper.

You will never be as smart as your subconscious.

Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe.

There is a choice to make, a chance to take.

Humor - I see it as a survival skill.

The simple rule: some get saved, but most don't. The choices are important before the years begin to go so very fast.

No one likes to talk about the positive parts of getting older and aging into orphanhood, how with your parents you often bury a lot of things you were never able to confront or fix or let go of.

There are billions of people in the world, and each one of them has their own view of reality.

For how long will you continue to deal with the pain that comes with the grudges in your heart?

Most people aren't even close to tapping into their true potential

We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever.

The endorsement was a really gracious statement. I am greatly honored by the endorsement of Senator [Ted] Cruz. We have fought the battle and he was a tough and brilliant opponent.

A certain harmony should be kept between actions and ideas if we want to fully develop the effects they can produce.

I won't rest until Tom Chaney's barking in hell.

Babies just change everything. You have to become super-selfless and super-tired and super-amenable to change. They just change all the time.

People don't vote for vice president, they vote for president.

My mom always taught me to be sweet and polite and cross my legs because it's what the guys like. Actually, they like a raunchy girl once in a while.