Scary thought - what if I get to know myself and I'm someone I don't want to be?

She watched the gap between ship and shore grow to a huge gulf. Perhaps this was a little like dying, the departed no longer visible to the others, yet both still existed, only in different worlds.

There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.

Unexpected change is like a breath of fresh air -- a little brisk at first, but magic for the body and soul.

Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.

An event in the present evokes past sensations. But science couldn't explain how a foolish heart had the power to overrule common sense.

Insults sting but a little when they stem from a man's ignorance.

You're never alone when you're reading a book.

Fear and love were sometimes the same thing both necessary unavoidable. Now she understood that it was okay to bleed if you know how to heal.

Talent is required, but much of writing is a matter of craft, which develops with time, attention, patience and practice, like playing an instrument or learning to dance.

At the centre of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power

Waves crack with wicked fury against me ship's hull while ocean currents rage as the full moon rises o're the sea." (Cutthroat's Omen: A Crimson Dawn)

When you get inside go change into something loose and baggy. And for all that's holy, please wear panties and a bra.

We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workplace and in our society.

Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out of that house when I was a kid.

Nonviolence is the answer for the questions of our time. Love will conquer evil every time.

I suppose I wanted to have my cake and eat it. But then again, what were you going to do with your cake if not eat it? Frame it? Use it as a sachet in your underwear drawer?

Grace is always given freely by God, but grace received should always issue in a joyous delight in Him.

I'm more of a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl.

Large enterprises make the few rich, but the majority prosper only through the carefulness and detail of thrift.

Hold the mirror up to nature. Human behavior is worthy of examination and celebration.