People in general would rather die than forgive. It's THAT hard. If God said in plain language. "I'm giving you a choice, forgive or die," a lot of people would go ahead and order their coffin.

It's something everybody wants-for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it matters.

You can't stop your heart from loving, really -- it's like standing out there in the ocean yelling at the waves to stop.

I realize that I can be with someone, but on a deeper level I'm not available to them at all. I have attention deficit disorder of the soul.

I never know how to give advice to a writer because there's so much you could say, and it's hard to translate your own experience. But of course, I always try. The main thing that I usually end up saying is to read a lot. To read a great deal and to learn from that.

Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.

It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts.