Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain.

Cynthia came in quietly and set a cup of tea before him. He kissed her hand, inexpressibly grateful, and she went back into the kitchen. When we view the little things with thanksgiving, even they become big things.

There are so many people who don't know small towns exist. When I write, I want to give my readers two things: one is a sense of consolation, and two, I want to make them laugh.

Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love.

In Ireland there’s no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes. (In the Company of Others)

So many people don't know that God loves them. They feel, 'Why would God love me? Why would He be interested in me?

I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth.