We are taught to be suspicious, especially of anyone who might not look like us or share our beliefs.

Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.

Part of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop. I'm oblivious by nature.

Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.

No matter how much we love a book, the experience of reading it isn't complete until we can give it to someone who will love it as much as we do

Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.

You are always someones favorite unfolding story

Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.

I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list.

There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.

Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.

Quality depends on kindness. Beauty depends on simplicity. Joy depends on generosity.

There is nothing wrong and nothing right. Our teachings and thoughts make it so.

Your income can grow only to the extent that you do.

I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to get noticed, you play your trump card.

Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

Man appoints, and God disappoints.

For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar.

He deserves nothing. Nothing but our scorn. (Father) Then I am rich indeed from the abundance of that which you’ve shown me. (Acheron)

I think people who come from abuse and/or people who have mental illnesses, have terrible self-esteem problems.

We have to have more consideration for people who have lesser means than we do. It is a problem of survival.