A breeze shook rain out of new leaves onto their hair, but in their pursuit of eternity they never noticed the chill.

It's terrible to lose somebody, but it's also true that some people never have anybody to lose, and I think that's got to be so much worse.

Honk if you love Jesus, text while driving if you want to meet up.

Recall that whatever lofty things you might accomplish today, you will do them only because you first ate something that grew out of the dirt.

Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.

I believe that the people who survive a cataclysm, rather than those who stand by and analyze it, are nearly always the more credible witnesses to their own history.

After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.