Quotes from Debbie Macomber

WORRY serves no useful purpose is of no value and doesn't change a thing.

Carried on the brisk winds of faith, guided by devotion, navigated by love, it arrived fresh and bright at the very feet of the Archangel Gabriel.

Hold that for me.

Trying to discern what was different about them, she decided it was a new sense of life. They seemed to shimmer with it.

Don't allow yourself to wallow in your pain. Reach out. Volunteer. Do something you love or something to help others.

God takes each one of us exactly where we are and so do I. Instead of focusing on the past, I prefer to look at the potential God has given each of us.

We all want to be loved, it's a basic human being

Her life was her own now and if there was happiness to be found, it was up to her to seek it. She couldn't, wouldn't rely on anyone else ever again.

handsome couple. "In other words, we clean up well," Kent joked. "Indeed, you do," I said, and was pleased to know my voice had found itself again.

John F. Kennedy is reported to have said that we can forgive our enemies but we shouldn't forget their names.

The truth was she did love him. She loved him for the gentle care he gave her roses. For his loving way with animals. For his honesty. For his tender patience with Maggie and, most important, for the joy he brought into her life.

he was living in a dream world, then he never wanted to wake up.

I suppose there will be the time when I'll need to consider moving into one of those assisted-living complexes. At my age it's difficult to make significant changes, but then that's life.

He had heard that from others but hadn't recognized the truth until his own father had gone. Maybe if he hadn't been so involved with Angie he would have seen to his father's business affairs sooner and they wouldn't be in this mess now. What did he know about all these legal matters? Darn little. His father had known he was close to death

He said He would forgive us when we ask. If it's peace of mind you're seeking, it's available." "In church." "No." She pressed her hand over his heart. "You won't find what you're seeking in any building.

Funny how time scrubs away such agony, weathering it through the years, like water rushing over rocks gradually smooths away the sharp, painful edges.

It started to snow—light flakes that drifted down from the heavens like small feathers released from angel pillows.

Most of us knit these garments for someone special. In doing so, we let our love and loving thoughts for one another grow, a single stitch at a time.

Marriage is one of the most important decisions in anyone's life, so it should be deeply felt decision. It should feel inevitable. It's the union of two lives, after all. So you can't simply check your watch and announce 'it's time.

No, your problem is that you've grown so comfortable with feeling guilty that you're afraid of what will happen if you don't. Being happy frightens the very life out of you.

It's hard when we can't see each other's smiles as we pass

Twenty wishes that would help her recapture her excitement about life. Twenty dreams written down. Twenty possibilities that would give her a reason to look toward the future

Men have a hard time just dealing with a simple cold. If God had left procreation up to the male of the species, humanity would've died out with Adam.

There's more to life than work and more work.