There is this notion that the lives of the comfortable-off middle class don't merit being treated seriously and with compassion..

He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control..

Everyone deserves to be the hero of a novel..

We read to know we're not alone..

God creates us free, free to be selfish, but He adds a mechanism that will penetrate our selfishness and wake us up to the presence of others in this….

Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of God, you do not seek Him. If ….

All the fear in the world, and the violence that comes from the fear, and the hatred that comes from the violence, and the lonliness that comes from ….

Madly, futilely, I wrote novel after novel, eight in all, that failed to find a publisher. I persisted because for me the novel was the supreme liter….

To put it another way, pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world. Why must it be pain? Why can't he rouse us more gently, with violins or laughte….

The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad..

We write to know we are not alone.

When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel..

Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast..

Why should I be honored? Don't I have enough attention, comfort and power already?.

Today begins my walk with you. Where you go, I go. Where you stay, I stay. When you sleep, I will sleep. When you rise, I will rise. I will pass my d….

Here I am going to say something which may come as a bit of a shock. God doesn't necessarily want us to be happy. He wants us to be lovable. Worthy o….

We are the slaves of slaves.

We read to know that we are not alone..

If you die, I'll die.' 'But is you live, I'll live.' - Bowman and Kestrel, Firesong.

Use your power gently..

I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn'….