The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel.

What a pity every child couldn't learn to read under a willow tree.

It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do.

the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out.

There is no escape if love is not there

She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read.

Each day is precious when we consider what we can do to serve God and His Kingdom.

Remember to say what you mean, but don't say it meanly.

God uses the flawed, the failures, and the imperfect to accomplish His perfect will.

Expectations destroy our peace of mind. They are future disappointments, planned out in advance.

Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.

jace's clothes had been clean, stylish, ordinary. Sebastian had been wearing a long black wool trench coat that had looked expensive. Like an evil Burbeery ad, Simon said when she was done.

I like to think I'm a pretty good-natured guy and pretty civil and probably not ever truly guilty in any serious way of any legal infractions.

There are so many people working so hard and achieving so little.

I'm like everybody else. I get tired sometimes.

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.

It is by work that man carves his way to that measure of power which will fit him for his destiny.

Lots of birthday wishes Are sent to you today Hope your day will be One of the best You've ever had!

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.

And the wicked thing is, that when we're really upset, we always take it out on the people who are closest and whom we love the most.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.