I believe every one of us possesses a fundamental right to tell our own story.

She felt everything too deeply, it was like the world was too much for her.

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too.

A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.

The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.

There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the other side, into which Mr. James Harthouse had a very strong inclination to pitch Mr. Thomas Gradgrind Junior.

Free diving is not entirely free: to go down you leave behind

Every great dream, meet an opposing views.The certainty within our spirit made the dream reality.

Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.

I challenge you to be dreamers; I challenge you to be doers and let us make the greatest place in the world even better.

Men almost universally have acknowledged providence, but that fact has had no force to destroy natural aversions and fears in the presence of events.

Even if we don't see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes.

I've had a lot of struggles with depression. It's very easy for me to go to a bleak place, or for me to doubt humanity, myself, the world, my choices.

Everybody is looking at everybody else a foolish crowd walking on mirrors.

I go to mass every Sunday, but love going to mosques too. Muslims pray in a beautiful way.