He had taken George, my beloved George, from me. And he had taken my other self: Anne.

When you pray, you know that you want something, that's always the first step. to let yourself know that you want something, that you yearn for it. sometimes that's the hardest thing to do. Because you have to have courage to know what you desire. You have to have courage to acknowledge that you are unhappy without it.

The wheel of fortune [...] tells us that we all only want victory. We all want to triumph. But we all have to learn to endure what comes. We have to learn to treat misfortune and great fortune with indifference. That is wisdom.

If there is love enough,then nothing-not nature, not even death itself- can come between two who love each other.

True obedience can only happen when you secretly think you know better, and you choose to bow your head. Anything short of that is just agreement, and any ninny-in-waiting can agree.

I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction.

If it means something, take it to heart. If it means nothing, it's nothing. Let it go.