Love knows how to form itself. God will do his work if we do ours. Our job is to prepare ourselves for love. When we do, love finds us every time.

I think every writer lives for the thought that there will be a moment when somebody reads something on the page and says, "Yes!"

I think optimism is a moral imperative.

Political system is contrary to everything a feminine heart stands for. It lacks tenderness. It lacks poetry. It doesn't nurture. It doesn't love. And without those things, a woman's soul is bereft.

If a train doesn't stop at your station, then it's not your train.

When a woman rises up in glory, her energy is magnetic and her sense of possibility contagious.

I think the heartbreak of September 11 - America's grief not only over the loss of life but also the loss of our own innocence -has expanded us as people because it has tenderized our hearts. On a psychological level, the American people have matured as a result of that awful day.