I think life is staggering and we're just too used to it.

When you write, you're alone in a room. And when someone reads a book, they're alone in a room, too, usually. It's a really intimate exchange. And so people ask me where I get the boldness to talk about this or that, but I didn't feel like it required any sort of courage, because I was alone. Sometimes it feels weird for people to read it.

One of the things I love about our source text as Christians, the Bible is that it teaches us not to avoid conflict. And it teaches us that before the fall of man, in Paradise, there was conflict. God wants conflict to be a part of your life.

People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God's love will.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

If you want to bond with your friends, do something very hard with them, something that you won't be able to do alone.