I can paint pictures, but I cannot rule men.

He who does Christ's work must stay with Christ always.

He who wishes to paint Christ's story must live with Christ.

It is an insult to a wise person when his motives for guiding are questioned. However, he understands that people aren’t used to free gifts and still helps them anyway.

An exceptional future can only be built on the transformation of the mess I’ve made out of my past, not the elimination of that mess.

Some commit slow suicide with the sweet poison of their memories.

Three words for a writer: Make me care.

I talk to grown-ups who are out to have a good time and they want to be spoken to in a different way. I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.

My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated.

A green Christmas makes a fat graveyard.

How do you invent a religion?” Evie asked. Will looked over the top of his spectacles. “You say, ‘God told me the following,’ and then wait for people to sign up.

Our collective experience has shown that when women have the power to make their own choices, good things happen.

The world belongs to those who persevere.