Trust, once lost, could not be easily found. Not in a year, perhaps not even in a lifetime.

Isn’t that the way God works? She’d thought. He takes the things in our lives that are ugly, disgusting, and downright wicked, and transforms them into something magnificent.

My grace is sufficient for thee. The words soothed her soul like a healing balm.

...there is nothing unforgivable and there are no secrets before an all-knowing merciful God.

He realized he needed strength, sustenance that couldn’t come from bread alone. He desperately needed God.

It would still be a long way until she was completely free, but the door had been cracked open and a smidgen of hope broke through the darkness.

It’s important to have a husband that lives and believes the same way you do. Otherwise, you’re asking for problems.

Moonlight filtered in through the blinds illuminating their bedroom, but the bright glow couldn’t penetrate the darkness that surrounded her heart.

She knew that oftentimes hurtful people were hurting people, so she determined to pray for them all the more.

Choices made, whether bad or good, follow you forever and affect everyone in their path one way or another.

If an art form is marginalized it's because it's not speaking to people.

Through it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future.

Preparation:allows you to prevent . . .the intensity of the ordeal.

Peace requires the provision of a platform for discussion and the exchange of information on matters and activities relevant to the prevention of armed violence.

A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.

Remember, America: organization will set you free.

It's better to make a difference than to make a point.

Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

I try to always step up to the plate, be professional, be good at what I'm doing and deliver on the character. In Hollywood, what more can you ask for. You want a consummate professional.

Your body is woven from the light of heaven. Are you aware that its purity and swiftness is the envy of angels and its courage keeps even devils away.