I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.

Some things in life are worth waiting for.

If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.

Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.

I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.

Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.

We are always better than before when those we love inflict wounds upon us.

Sing Me no songs tell me no tales cry me no tears, but remember me kindly.

I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.

Things work out the way they're meant to

Don’t be afraid. Be courageous!

I was always taught that a woman's place was in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant. And I'm a firm believer in that.

A good banker isn't careless with pennies; a good leader isn't sloppy about details.

I did a lot of drugs. I didn't do multiple drugs, but I overindulged in whatever drug of choice.

I miss sunrise even more. The green scent of dawn in the forest? The color blushing back into the world, different every day.

I thank God for this illness and these physical discomforts, because I have the time to converse with the Lord Jesus.

I ask all people of goodwill to help build a culture of encounter, solidarity and peace

It's fun to give pleasure to people.

Ah, tell them they are men!