Certainly no one has ever died of an unrequited passion—it's usually the ones that are requited that get people in trouble.

Not forgiving someone hurts you worse than it hurts him...even if he doesn't deserve to be forgiven...Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one who put it there.

Assume the attitude of prayer, and in time, the attitude will become prayer.

Evil working in subtler fashion; marriages that proved to be no more then legalized slavery, and the careful manipulation of a bright and sensitive mind until its owner truly believed with all her heart in her own worthlessness. Betrayal, not once, but many times over.

If you would rise, do so alone.

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.

If I'm walking on thin ice, I might as well dance my way across