You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.

I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.

Refusing to accept God's love because we're unworthy - of course we're unworthy! - is another golden calf.

We have not wondered enough at the delights God has given us to appreciate them, and be good stewards. We have overworked the land, poured pollutants into river and stream, fouled the air we breathe with gas fumes and chemical smoke spiraling up from industrial chimneys. We have sown the wind. We are reaping the whirlwind.

There is little character or loveliness in the face of someone who has shunned risk, avoided suffering and rejected life

If it's not good enough for adults, it's not good enough for children. If a book that is going to be marketed for children does not interest me, a grownup, then I am dishonoring the children for whom the book is intended, and I am dishonoring books. And words.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.