Forgiving's a choice you make—a gift you give to somebody even if they don't deserve it. It costs nothing, but it makes you feel rich for giving it away.

I have been through a lot of medical trauma. I was diagnosed with breast cancer .

By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds.

Pain and suffering are the soil of strength and courage.

In truth, how much time do any of us really have?

I am very privileged and honored when someone chooses to read a book, especially a book of mine.

She did know that the journey to happiness was laborious and strewn with seeds of suffering. She guessed that it was probably a place each person had to seek for herself, that each heart had to find on its own.