When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God’s light shines through you.

The trip was to be an odyssey in the fullest sense of the word, an epic journey that would change everything.

Those who would assail the Book of Mormon should bear in mind that its veracity is no more dubious than the veracity of the Bible, say, or the Qur'an, or the sacred texts of most other religions. The latter texts simply enjoy the considerable advantage of having made their public debut in the shadowy recesses of the ancient past, and are thus much harder to refute.

Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency.

The sad end he met in Afghanistan was more accurately a function of his stubborn idealism - his insistence on trying to do the right thing. In which case it wasn't a tragic flaw that brought Tillman down, but a tragic virtue.

Almost every magazine piece I've ever written, I felt like I haven't done it justice, like it was just a gloss.