...the measure of life is revealed in the quality of our relationships: with God, our families, our fellow men." - A Perfect Day by Richard Paul Evans

Nothing heals the soul like chocolate ... It's God's apology for broccoli.

It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number.

So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.

There are people who come into our lives as welcome as a cool breeze in summer- and last about as long.

There are far too many people for us to think about each of them during our short stay on earth—like the thousands of books in a library we haven’t time to read in an afternoon. But this is no excuse to cease browsing. For every now and then, we find that one book that reaches us deep inside and introduces us to ourselves. And, in someone else’s story, we come to understand our own.

I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331).