The wilderness is a place that every believer has to experience to be molded for their divine purpose.

We must surrender ourselves to God, not our assignments.

Jesus has prayed over us that our faith in Him will not fail but rather be strengthened by the process we go through.

We can never fully impact others to change if there is no evidence of change in our lives.

To be comforted by God is a promise that few of us ever receive, because we are consumed with controlling our situations to avoid being vulnerable.

We are, in the most profound sense, children of the Cosmos.

Think you have a low opinion of government? You should see government's opinion of you!

When our center is strong, everything else is secondary.

It's interesting to speculate how it developed that in two of the most anti-feminist institutions, the church and the law court, the men are wearing the dresses.

The weight of a fabric is inconsequential, since seasonal dressing is all about layering.

There is nothing else for people to do. They do not think. They feel no passion, no hatred, no sadness; they feel nothing but fear, and a desire to control. So they watch, and poke, and pry.

It's a lot easier to write about people when you're not living with them!

Borders are semiporous. Capital flows more freely than people across them. on C Span.

I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow and I can't relive yesterday but I live in the moment if I can.

Writing is work, but it's also a compulsion, and once you get your characters on paper, you can't abandon them. You have to respond to them.