When Satan knocks, I just send Christ to the door.

Every day without exception - is a gift from God, entrusted to us to use for His glory.

the thing that kept Christ on that cross was love, not the nail.

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

It is not the temptations you have, but the decision you make about them that counts.

My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our hearts that He will never forsake us as we trust in Him.

You will never understand who you are until you understand who God is.

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.

Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

No matter how dark and hopeless a situation might seem, never stop praying.

Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point.

What interests me is the surprising enormous extent to which most people accept the fate that's been given to them, and find some dignity.

I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. Of course, it rarely ends that way.

I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.

Even the solitude, I've actually grown to quite like... I do like the feeling of getting into my little car, knowing for the next couple of hours I'll have only the roads, the big gray sky and my daydreams for company.

Its was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself.

Memory is quite central for me. Part of it is that I like the actual texture of writing through memory.

When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it.

Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a shock and takes me a while to adjust.