It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest.

Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages.

The more someone assures you that everything is okay, the more you can be assured that it's not.

That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be.

Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.

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

There's no hurt so great that love can't heal it.