"These days we don’t have to fit into something other people think we are. We’ve leveled the playing field, life is inclusive. I’m a mom, sex detective, wife, fearless, gentle — we can now, with grace, be all of what we are."

“Each day, it seemed, another law was passed to impoverish and diminish them, punishing them for whatever success they achieved and rewarding their less competent and industrious neighbors.”

“Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.”

Source : The Frontline Interview, www.pbs.org. June 15, 1995.

“He who obeys the command 'Rejoice in the Lord' has a Hallelujah in his soul every minute of the day and night.”

Source : A.C. Dixon (2016). “Through Night to Morning”, p.127, Solid Christian Books

“You can't realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with.”

“Art is the triumph over chaos.”

Source : John Cheever (1961). “Some Peoples, Places, and Things that Will Not Appear in My Next Novel”, New York : Harper

“In the godforsaken, obscene quicksand of life, there is a deafening alleluia rising from the souls of those who weep, and of those who weep with those who weep. If you watch, you will see The hand of God putting the stars back in their skies one by one.”

Source : Ann Weems (1999). “Psalms of Lament”, p.22, Westminster John Knox Press

“I always prefer photographing in available light – or Rembrandt-light I like to call it – so you get the natural modulations of the face. It makes a more alive, real, and flattering portrait.”

“At least with me, the match starts much, much earlier than the actual match.”