It's not only children who grow. Parents do too.

She felt everything too deeply, it was like the world was too much for her.

A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.

The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.

Before I had children I always wondered whether their births would be, for me, like the ultimate in gym class failures. And I discovered instead... that I'd finally found my sport.

The spirit never leaves, never goes away.

We all have the time we need to tell our stories.

Microsoft's only factory asset is the human imagination.

We are not in the least afraid of ruins. We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Oh, how rare are the Christians who speak with a tender heart and have a theological backbone of steel.

I'm not letting any stupid decisions get in my way. I want to be a role model, letting girls know that they can follow their dreams.

We feel that we are fighting for our lives and our livelihoods.

A stable 21st century society requires 21st century solutions not 20th century economics

I like to write things to be personal, so I just put what I'm thinking about at the time.