When a woman creates an unlikable character, a lot of people think it's a mistake.

You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.

Don't try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.

Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really liked it.

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.

As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.

Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

There are natural phases to all life and wherever you are in life, you are perfectly becoming.

If you put yourself in the emotion that you want from others, you are more likely to receive it.

[T[his isn’t just “another day, another dollar.” It’s more like “another day, another miracle.” (213)

The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22

Well, just remember--all your misery will be waiting for you at the door upon your exit, should you care to pick it up again when you leave.

Love life seems to be that factor which requires the largest quantity of magical tinkering.

I want to be one of those cool people that's like, "What is Twitter?" and just be totally blind to it.

A readership crisis is really a leadership crisis.

I believe God weeps over - over death. Jesus wept at the grave the Lazarus. In the Bible, Jesus weeps at death.