I wanted to cry, but I realized that I was too old for that. I would be a woman soon and I would have to learn how to live with a divided heart.

Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.

I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.

Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers?

The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.

The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.

One of his tears fell in my mouth, where it became a blue sapphire, source of strength, source of strength and eternal hope.

I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.

My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.

One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.

Everyone that you'll ever met wil know someone that you won't

The beauty of love is that it demands to be two sided, otherwise its nothing but another obsession.

I think that everybody needs somebody to really look up to and know that even though you're going through a tough time, you'll get over it.

There's more to me than football. It's just part of my life.

I think that liberals need to grow up.

Let us turn to the future and not deal with the past.

I kind of consider myself a chameleon in music. I love all sorts of music.

If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.

I have never come away from you without reflecting that the Spirit of God and His holy workings reside in you.

Invest in stupidity, its stocks never go down.