The saddest people I've met in my life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all .

If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jogging or walking their dogs or fishing in the surf.

Do you see these hands?" Jo said, holding them up. "These were made for caressing handsome men and meant to be adorned with pretty nails and diamond rings. They're not made for paint rollers and paint splatter and that kind of manual labor.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.

Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?

That's my sweetheart in there. Wherever she is, that's where my home is.