Once you'd resolved to go, there was nothing to it at all..

I always wanted to be a serious journalist..

Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your ….

Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better..

Don't you make fun of me or my children! Some babies are premature. Mine were all postmature. That's why they're so smart. Their brains had longer to….

The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that..

Maybe I should have cut him some slack. With his broken wing and lifetime of eating roadkill, he probably had a lot to be ungrateful about. Too much ….

I hate Erma," I told Mom... "You have to show compassion for her..." She added that you should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. "Everyone ….

My life is not just about the past..

Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer..

I was so worried that people wouldn't like me or my story..

...even though I was getting better education at home than any of the kids in Toyah, I'd need to go to finishing school when I was thirteen, both to ….

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing..

Look at the way you live. You've sold out. Next thing I know you'll become a Republican." She shook her head. "Where are the values I raised you with?.

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us..

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall..

Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet..

Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear..

Sometimes something catastrophic can occur in a split second that changes a person's life forever; other times one minor incident can lead to another….

Don't be afraid of your dark places. ... If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there..

We're stronger than we realize..