“I think God eventually changed my heart simply because I clung to my desire for Him, even though I wasn't sure how to follow through on that desire.”

“Whatever's on your mind is also on God's heart.”

“Reality ground my expectations into microscopic particles.”

“The simplest definition of prayer is communicating with God. That's it. Did you miss it? Let me say it again. Prayer is simply communicating with God. That one uncomplicated thought began to revolu...”

“When we front a fiction, we are destined for loneliness.”

“Sincere doubts, handled properly, can become a gift.”

“Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt.”

“At the end of the day it's about how much you can bear, how much you can endure. Being together, we harm nobody; being apart, we extinguish ourselves.”

“Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.”