Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we're all chasing success. We've confused one for the other.

One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that?

I started Storyline after I'd accomplished all my goals and still wasn't happy. I'd become a New York Times bestselling author, which was my goal from high school, and yet I was less happy after accomplishing my goals than I was before.

What I’m saying is I think life is staggering and we’re just used to it. We all are like spoiled children no longer impressed with the gifts we’re given—it’s just another sunset, just another rainstorm moving in over the mountain, just another child being born, just another funeral.

I listened so hard because it felt like, while she was telling me stories, she was massaging my soul, letting me know that I was not alone, that I will never have to be alone, that there are friends and family and churches and coffee shops. I was not going to be cast into space.

If I use the Bible to prove I am right, I have yet to be humbled by the beautiful truths of the Bible.

The greatest stories go to those who don’t give in to fear.