Remember: A best-selling book usually follows a simple rule, It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told; not, It's a wonderfully told story.

That's what dating is for, after all - to learn if you're compatible with someone.

I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.

More than anything, he wanted to return to the house with the same look of peace that he'd seen on Pastor Harris's face, but he trudged through the sand, he couldn't help feeling like an amateur, someone searching for God's truths like a child searching for seashells.

I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the earnestness of others.

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?

I think our love can do anything we want it to.