When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

What she needs,' Tom said aloud 'is a husband.' Agnes said crisply, 'Well, she can't have mine.

After a certain point, most people, including editors, will tell you everything you do is great.

It's great that in the German language I've sold almost 30 million books. Isn't that amazing?

A baby was like a revolution, Grigori thought: you could start one, but you could not control how it would turn out.

I enjoy learning technical details.

But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us.