There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that you two make me believe that true love really exists. And that even the darkest hours can't take that away.

In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.

God is out there watching you, even when you're away from home and that if you put your trust in God, you'll be all right in the end.

At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it.

Jamie was more than just the woman I loved. In the year Jamie helped me become the man I am today. With her steady hand she showed how important it was to help others; with her patience and kindness she showed me what life really is all about. Her cheerfulness and optimism, even in times of sickness, was the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed . . . Jamie also thought me the value of forgiveness and the transforming power it offers . . . Jamie was not only the angel who saved Tom Thornton, she was the angel who saved us all.

There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they're pathetic; and the latter, frankly are hard to find.