...but it doesn't feel crazy to us. It feels like what we do.

Don’t be in too much of a rush to be published. There is enormous value in listening and reading and writing—and then putting your words away for weeks or months–and then returning to your work to polish it some more.

You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.

how can you love a little cat so much in such a short short time?

As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors.

Each child brings so much joy and hope into the world, and that is reason enough for being here. As you grow older, you will contribute something else to this world, and only you can discover what that is.

I started thinking about life insurance and how nice it would be if you could get insurance that your life would be happy, and that everyone you knew could be happy, and they could all do what they really wanted to do, and they could all find the people they wanted to find.