When I was in love there was somebody in the world who was more important than me, and that, given all that happened at the fall of man, is a miracle, like something God forgot to curse.

Most great art is freedom within form. Without form, we are amateurs, without freedom, we are robots.

Here's the truth about telling stories with your life. It's going to sound like a great idea, and you're going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you're not going to want to do it. It's like that with writing books, and it's like that with life. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. But joy costs pain.

People want to join a great story. If you want to lead, tell one with your life.

By accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.

All this beauty exists so you and I can see His glory, His artwork. It's like an invitation to worship Him, to know Him.

Somehow I had come to believe that because a person is in need, they are candidates for sympathy, not just charity. It was not that I wanted to buy her groceries, the government was already doing that. I wanted to buy her dignity. And yet, by judging her, I was the one taking her dignity away.