“Inspiration was a temperamental guest. It dropped in unannounced, then left without so much as a goodbye, slipping out a window in the dead of night or sauntering out the front door, leaving the house empty, drafty, and cold.”

“As fallible humans, we usually slip too far over one edge or the other - all wrath and judgment or all grace and love.”

“Some time in the night I got up, tiptoed to my window, and looked out at my doghouse. It looked so lonely and empty sitting there in the moonlight. I could see that the door was slightly ajar. I thought of the many times I had lain in my bed and listened to the squeaking of the door as my dogs went in and out. I didn't know I was crying until I felt the tears roll down my cheeks.”

“But just remember: a woman's like a rose; if you treat her right, she'll bloom, if you don't, she'll wilt.”

“To be human is to be beautifully flawed”

“I feel that if my only audience is the Christian audience, then I've failed in my mission”

“I would rather believe God doesn't exist than believe he doesn't care.”