I don't think with any book you get used to people falling in love with the story. It's been incredible just to realize your books are being read. It's a pretty amazing feeling.

She let out a strangled laugh. “Yeah, that’s how it works. I just woke up one morning and was like, ‘gee, I want to screw Kyler.’ Seriously, you have no clue.

Faith requires at times marching into the waters before they part.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Pray for strength to persevere.

I trust a few people in my life but there is one who gets my full trust. and that is my book.

Fear makes a cub sound like a lion.Faith makes a lion sound like a cub.

I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.

A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man.

If the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels.

What if nothing needs to change other than our perception of what we see?

I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.