His eyes gravitated towards the wall-to-wall bookshelf at one end of the room. 'You folks like books, I see.

The sense of danger made her lift up her head higher. There were battles coming. But life was meant to be a battle, wasn't it? There was nothing to fear.

Have you ever felt that there was something going on in life that not everyone was aware of?

His eyes gravitated towards the wall-to-wall bookshelf at one end of the room. 'You folks like books, I see.

My parents reverted to their Catholic faith through the charismatic renewal, so I was raised charismatic.

You're drinking in the joy of life,' Bear told her when she tried to explain why she was laughing. 'There's so much opportunity for drinking deeply of it, and we very rarely do it. When you do, it makes you feel alive all over.

Every once in a while you just have to decide to do something very crazy and very right--just to dare yourself to live. I don't mean doing something stupid and destructive--just something fun and good and beautiful.