"When we learn from experience, the scars of sin can lead us to restoration and a renewed intimacy with God."

"On Sunday morning, I'm not nervous... I can't wait to tell what God wants me to say."

"When trouble comes, focus on God's ability to care for you."

"Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's sufficient for all of our needs. When I accepted this as an absolute truth in my life, I found that my worrying stopped."

"It is a radiant truth that ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience."

"I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer."

"The path of least resistance is the path of the loser."

"I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me."