Deception by an omission of the truth is as bad as a lie.

Two quilters who have just met will be strangers only until their mutual passion for quilting is revealed. Then they can talk for hours like the best of friends.

One can never had too many librarian friends.

People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need stories, we will need books.

People who assume my books are only about quilts obviously haven't read them! I've always known that my books are about quilters - in other words, people - rather than quilts or quilting.

Who said you had to fill his shoes? Wear your own shoes. They're bound to fit better. Walk your own path your own way and you'll be more likely to get to where you need to be.

Sometimes the most ordinary things are the ones we learn to miss the most.

I've always wanted to be a writer. Ever since I learned to read, I've wanted to share stories with others the way my favorite writers shared their stories with me.

Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii.

For as long as I can remember, I've always been interested in issues of social justice, political freedom, and civil rights.

Kate Forsyth’s Bitter Greens is an enthralling concoction of history and magic, an absorbing, richly detailed, and heart-wrenching reimagining of a timeless fairytale.

When it's possible for you to dream, it's not impossible to achieve.

Without passion, nobody can truly commit to anything and without optimism, positive outcomes become scarce.

Talent without money, coach, vision and mission is a piteous adventure.

No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.

Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.

Knowledge ... shall always bear witness like a clarion to its creator.

All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people.

You have got to welcome and embrace complexity.

Sometimes I sit and look at life from a different angle.

I run four times a week. And I don't count miles - I don't do that. I don't care about that. I care about how I feel, and I run according to how I feel.