Love is a debt, she thought. When the bill comes, you pay in grief.

Rain falls on everyone, lightning strikes some. What cannot be changed is best forgotten. God made the world, and He saw that it was good. Not fair. Not happy. Not perfect. Good.

Tradition was safety; change was danger.

The trouble with illusions is that you aren't aware you have any until they are taken away from you.

Cleveland is really good about recognizing its artists because of the Arts Council.

Instead of taking a year off, I started Dreamers of the Day exactly 36 hours after I sent the manuscript for A Thread of Grace to the publisher!

Shall I tell you why young men love war? . . . In peace, there are a hundred questions with a thousand answers! In war, there is only one question with one right answer. . . . Going to war makes you a man. It is emotionally exciting and morally restful.