"I'm just in the business of creating; creating new work inspires you to create new work. It's kind of funny."

“I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.”

“The standard personality type for a writer is a shy megalomaniac.”

“Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing?”

Source : Martin E. Marty (1993). “A Cry of Absence: Reflections for the Winter of the Heart”, Harper San Francisco

“Until the reality of equality between man and woman is fully established and attained, the highest social development of mankind is not possible.”

“There are times when we do not recognize that it is time for us to move forward. When life is ready for us to move and we resist, life will move us by any means necessary. What may feel like a disaster is actually a graduation. Remain open to being guided, supported and protected by the universe.”

“As gentle a man as he was, as tender as was his heart, there was nothing weak about Michael Hosea. He was the strongest-minded man Joseph had ever met. A Man like Noah. A Man like the Shepherd-king David. A man after God's own heart.”

Source : Francine Rivers (2009). “Redeeming Love: A Novel”, p.224, Multnomah

“Allah made the faith for you as a purity from polytheism (and unbelief).”

Source : "Ayan al-Shī'ah" by al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin, vol.1, p. 316,

“Attachment is the strongest block to realization.”