“You are as great as you allow yourself to be.”

“Have you ever been seduced by a ghost? Are you sure about that?”

“Learning the difference between God's intervention, the devil's mischief, and PMS can lead to increased happiness.”

“Some days I'd like to start a column about my husband. Then I remember my kids.”

“If you were to force people to do something against their free choice, you would be dehumanizing them. The option of forcing everyone to go to heaven is immoral, because it's dehumanizing; it strips them of the dignity of making their own decision; it denies them their freedom of choice; and it treats them as a means to an end. When God allows people to say 'no' to him, he actually respects and dignifies them.”

“The proper thing to do is to admit that hell is real and to allow our feelings of discomfort to motivate us to action.”

“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”