Prayer is like water - something you can't imagine has the strength or power to do any good, and yet give it time and it can change the lay of the land.

In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises.

Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as it took a new car to lose that scent, or a brand-new house to gather dust. Maybe that was the process more commonly described as bonding: the act of learning your child as well as you know yourself.

The real power of a wolf isn't in its fearsome jaws, which can clench with fifteen hundred pounds of pressure per square inch. The real power of a wolf is having that strength, and knowing when not to use it.

I know what it's like when the things you believe make you feel like you're on the outside looking in.

I think we deserve a happily-ever-after." "If anyone ever did, it's us.