I'm surprised that people think they're important. To me they're not.

Life is a lot easier when you realize that you're not in control of it all.

I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.

Live life without being afraid of judgment from others because judgment from other sinners is invalid.

People don't change at their core. If you're a good person, you are a good person. What changes is our behavior.

The thing about loving someone is that you have to love them the way they need to be loved and not the way you want to love them.

Making bad decisions and choosing the wrong partner can ruin your life for a long time, perhaps forever.

Your man wants to know that there's nothing you wouldn't do for him - if that's your committed relationship.

I've never been a model, I was an actress for like a minute, but I've always been a writer. That's where I'm going to stay.

Truth and honesty is my thing.

Everyone has to grow up and that's what we're all doing; we're just doing it in different ways.

In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what he is, and what others believe him to be.

General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.

The road can be hard on a kid if he's not careful.

If your intent is that athletics and sports are tools or devices to reach higher levels of mind, then your workout sessions become meditation.

The riding of young horses is an excellent nerve tonic.

A person who refuses to give up will always succeed eventually.

If you connect with someone just once, that's something. But if you can connect twice, that's something else.

You are never too young to be fierce and brave in your faith!

You have begun to separate the dark from the dark.

Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments.