The sullen boy sitting before me is not my husband, and the girl he is fretting over isn't me, will never be me.

Most dystopian, classic and contemporary, paints a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen.

Set fire to the broken pieces; start anew.

Dystopian, by definition, promises a darker story.

I think she's brave. I think that nobody has ever believed what she could be capable of. All her life, nobody was listening.

Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.

There's a hazy smile on her lips that won't go away, and her hair is a mess. It's like a brushfire filled with casualties.

‎I have always been fascinated by the ocean, to dip a limb beneath its surface and know that I'm touching eternity, that it goes on forever until it begins here again.

We writers are resilient souls.

Her mind is a bird that's trapped inside her skull, flapping and thrashing, never breaking free.

Childhood is a long, long road, from which that dark whispering forest of death seems an impossible destination.

Prayer, God’s glory.

I can't help what I have any more than you can help what you don't

Faith crosses every border and touches every heart in every nation.

The complacency of Christians is the scandal of Christianity.

I like to think of myself less like 'an adult' and more like a 'former fetus.'

a college education I would never propose - a bachelor's degree won't even keep you in clothes

I've lived, laughed, lost, and loved again the whole Shakespearian thing.

Speech is the organ of this present world. Silence is the mystery of the world to come.

The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.

If your husband is cheating on you with a carhop, get Meryl Streep to play you. You'll feel much better.