There are moments, it would seem, that were created in cosmic theater where we are given strange and fantastic tests. In these times, we do not show who we are to God, for surely He must already know, but rather to ourselves.

Usually life’s greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity.

It was the first time that I had ever been romantically kissed. It was even better than the chocolate cake.

We plan our lives in long, unbroken stretches that intersect our dreams the way highways connect the city dots on a road map. But in the end we learn that life is lived in the side roads, alleys, and detours.

sometimes it's the fight that makes a thing worth having

People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.

Those with the softest hearts build the hardest shells.