The depth of love is revealed in its departure.

Mr. Dallstrom is a bald, scarecrow of a man with a poochy stomache. Think of a pregnant Abraham Lincoln.

The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States - it's not gonna happen.

My grandfather, a devout Christian, had the gift of healing.

Everybody needs love. Everybody. Those who don't believe that frighten me a little.

Books are the most tolerant of friends.

Leah taught me that the greatest secret of life is that we find exactly what we're looking for. In spite of what happens to us, ultimately we decide whether our lives are good or bad, ugly or beautiful.