As always at these times when he felt really in need of God the front of his mind was serene, but the deeper part, where faith did constant battle with doubt, was terrified that there would be no answer.

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.

Friends come in and out of our lives, like busboys in a restaurant.

you will not falter, because you will have the Everlasting Arm of the Lord God of Hosts to lean on. Yes. With God’s help you will stand.

And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least every one worth reading-is about something.