Rebellion without reprisal is one of democracy's perks, right?

He gave me a gift, a surprise. It was my first present in this place so far from home.

[C]apitalism--democracy's sidekick

Christ in me is the hope of glory

They say “Follow your heart”….…. But I can’t follow you where you’re going…

I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like.

God is dead but my hair is perfect.

All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left.

Sometimes I feel like an old hooker.

I think we may very well, in many areas, get likelihood, but not certitude. We don't want certitude anyway, do we?

There is no sin but the lack of love.

I enjoy receiving and giving realistic fiction, for both children and adults, with strong characters, beautiful language, and humane visions.

the child unlucky in his little State, Some hearth where freedom is excluded, A hive whose honey is fear and worry, Feels calmer now and somehow assured of escape