"I don’t want to do what my idols did… I want to do more than they did. And I feel like I’m on my way."

“Absence is a house so vast that inside you will pass through its walls and hang pictures on the air.”

“Beauty is a mute deception.”

“Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content to follow the action with tenderness and interest, all passion spent.  Rather than surrender to the story or the characters - as a good first reader ought - we can now look at how the book works, and instead of swooning over it like a besotted lover begin to appreciate its intricacy and craftmanship.  Surprisingly, such dissection doesn't murder the experience.  Just the opposite: Only then does a work of art fully live.”

“Surely, in the work of the Lord, it is what we do after we think we have done enough that really counts with him, for that's when the blessings flow.”

Source : Hartman Rector, Jr. (2011). “Already to Harvest”, p.28, Cedar Fort

“I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.”

Source : "Should Governments Make Happiness A Priority?". Interview with Alison St. John, www.kpbs.org. April 26, 2011.

“It's the rough diamond that dictates what you can get out of a diamond. You can't say, "I'm going to make this," or, "I'm going to make that." It's nature. Whatever nature gives us, we explore and we build on. We can't create something that is not in the stone, so we take away as many imperfections as we can. Sometimes, you can't take them all away. But mostly, our cut, our polish, the life we put into the stones, the beauty that we bring out is exceptional.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“I inhale hope with every breath I take.”

Source : Sharon Kay Penman (2010). “When Christ and His Saints Slept”, p.132, Macmillan

“The model of a composer.”