Peace for Israel, ” he said.“Is that possible?” I drew closer.“Yes, if we have peace with God first.

You are truly the most expensive girl in all God’s creation. And the most precious.

The growth of the imagination demands windows-windows through which we can look out at the world and windows through which we can look into ourselves. The old stories were windows in just this way.

Has what you do for God become more important to you than the Lord Himself?

I have a rare form of body dysmorphia in which I absolutely can't stand how good I look.

I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.

Life would be dull without them.

My mom always puts a grapefruit in my stocking. I like grapefruit, but why put it in a stocking like it's a gift? It's almost as bad as coal.

You know how it feels when you're in love with somebody and you long to be with that person? God wants us to feel that way about Him.

It is far better to live like a lion for a day then to live like a jackal for hundred years.

But I can't listen to music too often. It affects your nerves, makes you want to say stupid, nice things, and stroke the heads of people who could create such beauty while living in this vile hell.

The greatest poverty is not to live In a physical world, to feel that one's desire Is too difficult to tell from despair.