There is an old phrase, ‘hiding in plain sight.’ This is where we find the loved one we miss so much. All we need to do is open our eyes, our minds, and our hearts.

If you did not live lovingly and love deeply, you would not feel the pain of separation. But neither would you feel the joy, passion, and happiness that living fully and loving deeply bring.

Love is a powerful force. There is nothing in this world, no other energy, as powerful as the force of genuine, unconditional love.

May you know always that you are never alone, that life and love are eternal, and that you are extraordinary.

What is hope? Like love, it is hard to define, but easy to recognize, a state of being that compels us to go on. It is a feeling that we have what we need to continue our journey to the next moment.

I had a feeling that Ben Lancaster had just tattooed himself onto my soul and the thing about tattoos? They were painful to remove.

I think art must be the place where you are protected from the logic of the outside world.

God never consults your past to make your future.

My son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it's feet first!

You can see the true heart of a man when you're out in the woods with a weapon

Remember that a book is many drafts - mine certainly are. It's improvisation. It's as much jazz and the way we talk and the way I heard people preach coming up as it is writing.

Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.

Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?

It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the handsome prince to save them. In real life, they have to bust out of their own coffins and do the saving themselves.

I know for a fact that I am not as fulfilled, happy or passionate about life if I have not spent time helping others.