I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.

Nostalgia is a way of remembering people and places and things, and wishing things hadn't changed. It has a sweetness to it. Sadness is just--well--being sad.

Sometimes, everything in the world seems to be lined up against you. All the evidence says you ought to run the other way. Make the bravest choice, not the safest. It's not the best advice, but it's all I have to offer

Everybody's heart is like a cup. They stumble from place to place and person to person, trying to get them filled. They get cracked, those cups, and even broken. Some people throw them away, thinking that it will stop the pain. Poor fools. Nobody can fill a cup but Almighty God Himself. Nobody.

Courage, like so many other things, was not something one did or didn't have; it was a decision, a choice.

Wait until you see him up on a horse

I was once a single mother, with very few resources, so I have a special place in my heart for women in difficult situations.