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.

I think the 'New York Times' reviews overall tend to overlook popular fiction, whether you're a man, woman, white, black, purple or pink. I think there are a lot of readers who would like to see reviews that belong in the range of commercial fiction rather than making the blanket assumption that all commercial fiction is unworthy.

Normal, in our house, is like a blanket too short for a bed--sometimes it covers you just fine, and other times it leaves you cold and shaking; and worst of all, you never know which of the two it's going to be.

Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.

You build a wall to keep something unwanted out … or to hold something precious in.

Not everyone understands how you can spin two lassos at the same time, one of hope and one of grief.

if there isn’t a them, there can’t be an us.