Laughter lightens my heart and therefore heals my soul as well.

I can’t cure anyone. I can’t guarantee they will heal. I can only tell them my story, remind them that they are not alone in their journey and offer a glimmer of hope for healing.

We are exquisite souls housed in physical bodies.

Extreme emotional pain has a profound effect on the body. I witnessed my already frail body become even more toxic and plundered.

Forgiveness enables me to walk away from that pain, the loneliness and suffering.

As a sufferer of depression for many years, I know the importance of trying to find positive experiences in each day, no matter how small.

I have learned through repeated experiences that in order to heal, I MUST forgive. The forgiveness is not for the transgressor. The forgiveness is for ME.

Forgiveness does not mean I approve of or condone what transpired.

When I could find something to laugh about for 30 minutes, my grief lightened just enough to make the day bearable.

We cannot fully heal if we cannot experience gratitude on a daily basis.

When we have loved, that loving part is the best part of any and every day.

When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.

Instead of just recording reality photographs have become the norm for the way things appear to us thereby changing the very idea of reality and of realism.

I don't make people bend over backwards, and I don't like that in people. I am definitely no diva.

The writer isn't made in a vacuum. Writers are witnesses. The reason we need writers is because we need witnesses to this terrifying century.

To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.

The German mind, may it live! Almost invisible as a mind, it finally manifests itself assertively as a conviction.

A heart full of courage and cheerfulness needs a little danger from time to time, or the world gets unbearable.

I like complicated characters.

For Paul, the Holy Spirit was an experienced reality.

Never have I had such assistants to disrobe me, and never have I put off my clothes before such a company