When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one afternoon, and begin another in the evening. . . . I was probably trying to impress the librarians who kept me supplied with books.

Pay close attention to objects, events and natural phenomenon that would otherwise get chewed up in the daily grind.

Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.

But hope has an astonishing resilience and strength. Its very persistence in our hearts indicates that it is not a tonic for wishful thinkers but the ground on which realists stand.

The High Plains, the beginning of the desert West, often act as a crucible for those who inhabit them.

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

When you come to a place where you have to left or right, go straight ahead.