Don't let go of your strength or your beauty. It was given to you by God.

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

Earthly love… is temporal and slight so that is has to be given again and again in order for us to feel any sense of security; but God’s love, God’s voice and presence, would instill our souls with such affirmation we would need nothing more and would cause us to love other people so much we would be willing to die for them.

Moral #1: "If you work hard, stay focused, and never give up, you will eventually get what you want in life." Moral #2: Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

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.

If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation.