Even friends need private spaces, if only within the depths of their own souls, where no one else is allowed to intrude.

There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.

Sometimes even the imagination lets one down.

Was memory always as much of a burden as it could sometimes be a blessing.

Sometimes children do not realize by how fragile a thread their security hangs. Perhaps it is as well they do not - most of them grow up before the thread can be broken.

The longing for something beyond yourself, beyond anything you have ever known or dreamed of?

Have you noticed, " she asked him, "how we live much of our lives in the past and most of the rest of it in the future? Have you noticed how often the present moment slips by quiet unnoticed?

Why is it, " she asked, snuggling closer, "that I so often imagine myself running away and running free?

Then might I exemplify how an influence beyond our control lays its strong hand on every deed which we do, and weaves its consequences into an iron tissue of necessity. (Wakefield)

Maybe that was how I found comfort just then, even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words.

Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes.

The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.

Know DEEPLY who you are in Christ or everything else will be tainted.

What does my soul look like to you?' 'I couldn't reduce it to words if I tried, but its beauty is unsurpassed.

Your life~the way it looks today is a result of your choices...What will you choose today for your tomorrows?

It's amazing how resourceful you can become when you're in the middle of the ocean and there's only one way to get to the other side.

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

In France, I found there is a lot of attention to the little details and to the quality of life.