There is no worse death than the end of hope.

It is not what you believe that matters; it is how you respond with your heart and your actions. It is not believing in Christ that matters; it is becoming like him

If we wish not to go backwards, we must run.

...co-rumination: the problem of talking too much about anything. Specifically, ... when girls rehash their problems excessively, it leads to depression, anxiety, and a sense of hopelessness.

Passion can quickly slip to jealousy, or even hatred.

I believe that alternative healing methods are much more than just temporary or half measures.

A novelist should make you realize nothing is stable. If you don't believe anything with robustness, you're doing something more radical than anything else.

Concentrate on doing the job, not the fear.

I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.

I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women.

The chief purpose of prayer is that God may be glorified in the answer.

You know, you're living in a society where if you say something that you might think may be OK, when it's more sensitive to that particular culture. You have to be very, very careful.

My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved [William] Shakespeare and he took us to tons of theater.