Take the time to come home to yourself everyday.

The historical background is one of the easier aspects of writing a novel. Far more difficult is dreaming up the smaller, character-based scenes, scenes that rise entirely from one's own imagination.

Do not be satisfied with God's calling or His gifts in your life. Be satisfied with Jesus Christ Himself.

For every dark night, there is a brighter day.

Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.

I have a rude thought every three seconds!

It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil.

I am full of theories that are based on a very liquid foundation, because I used to be a drinker.

Of the many things we have done to democracy in the past, the worst has been the indignity of taking it for granted.

The killer looked up as the bullet hit him. He looked as if he were puzzled by some strange occurence, being too freshly dead to be aware of it.

I stand on the shoulders of countless people, yet there is one extraordinary person who is my life aspiration. That person is my mother, Celina Sotomayor.