The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.

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.

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

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.

Leaders walk their talks. They don’t give theories that do not work. They have clarity into their dreams and insight into their directions!

Faith Alive is Faith in PracticeEVERYDAY

If some talents were withheld, the Withholder knows why. He has done all things well.

We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the planet.

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

I'm looking back to a period of my life when I was badly hurt and then looking at another time when I felt I had things going for me again, so I suppose there is a theme [of the Faith album].

The coming of the kids hasn't come out in my art yet.

The new Congress needs to move quickly to strengthen the Army and Marines - not to send more troops to Iraq - but to rebuild our capacity to meet national security threats globally.

The Three Cs, I told myself. When you're not Comfortable with it, it's not a Compliment, it's Creepy.