Our faces will become works of art that our grandchildren will treasure.

This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships - they can't. It interferes.

The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.

A practical girl never pines; she takes action.

Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.

Money doesn't have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. It doesn't. What matters is what you make. Whether it's a cake for bingo night or a costume for a saint or a wall of water-whatever you pour into this life is what makes you rich.

Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.