Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest.

The person healed has an obligation to then ask why— to meditate on God's will, and the extraordinary lengths to which God has gone to realize His will.

They walked back into the world together, wearing the gift that had been given them: just life. Pity was not love, Barbie reflected...but if you were a child, giving clothes to someone who was naked had to be a step in the right direction.

If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples. - Japanese Proverb

Even when love isn't enough...somehow it is.

there are lots of would-be censors out there, and although they may have different agendas, they all want basically the same thing: for you to see the world they see...or to at least shut up about what you do see that's different. they are agents of the status quo. not necessarily bad guys, but dangerous guys if you happen to believe in intellectual freedom.

A successful novel should interrupt the reader’s life, make him or her miss appointments, skip meals, forget to walk the dog.