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

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.

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

When the heart opens, we forget ourselves and the world pours in: this world, and also the invisible world of meaning that sustains everything that was and ever shall be.

For many, many people, getting married is one of the most important things they will ever do in the pursuit of happiness.

I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster.

The point is, we can decry the dangers we face or ignore them or even allow ourselves to be paralyzed by fear.

I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.

The need for a global structure of control in the form of a world environment court is now more urgent than ever before.

Worry is today's mouse eating tomorrow's cheese.

The American Museum of Natural History is my son's absolute favorite place in the world! So we really, really, really love New York.

Our pleasance here is all vain glory, This false warld is but transitory.