Best 50 quotes of Debbie Macomber on MyQuotes

But although she was with family and friends, she'd never felt more alone. She felt as if she'd lost a vital part of herself and she had - her heart.

Cultivating the habit of good deeds will not only affect those around us, it will improve our own emotional well being.

First and foremost, I consider myself a storyteller. And I'm endlessly fascinated with people, with what they do and why... and how they feel about it. Which means I'm interested in romance fiction. I was drawn to it, as both a reader and a writer, at the very beginning of my career. It's my kind of storytelling.

God gave the Angels wings and humans chocolate. Mrs. Miracle

Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.

Here's where the real power of generosity comes in. Often, the more we give, the more we receive.

Humans tend to build walls when they should be opening doors.

I am a big popcorn fanatic. I love popcorn. In fact one year for my birthday, my husband bought me one of those big popcorn machines like they have in movie theaters.

I consider my greatest strength my complete and utter faith in a loving God. Strong family values are also important and I do not hesitate to write them into my books. My reader mail tells me this is something that readers especially like about my books.

If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher.

I love the way knitting brings people together.

I'm an optimist and my heroines seem to be that way, too. It's too much work to be cynical and distrusting. That doesn't mean I create perfect stories and perfect people, however. What this means is that my stories are resolved in a manner that leaves the reader with a feeling of hope and happy expectation . . . and wanting to reach for another one of my books.

I'm a yarnaholic. That means I have more yarn stashed away than any one person could possibly use in three or four lifetimes. There's something inspiring about yarn that makes me feel I could never have enough.

I'm dyslexic, although they didn't have a word for it when I was in grade school. The teachers said I had 'word blindness.

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are finished. Mrs. Miracle

I've always been a creative speller and never achieved good grades in school. I graduated from high school but didn't have the opportunity to attend college, so I did what young women my age did at the time - I married.

My greatest strength as a writer is that I'm a storyteller. But, it was a long, hard struggle for me to make the transition from verbally telling stories to writing them. You'll note I don't dwell on descriptions in my writing, because I'm far more interested in telling the story. There are many better writers in this world, but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone more passionate about stories than I am.

My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers - it's what my children call my 'dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark Twain, Earnest Hemingway, Jack London, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Pearl Buck, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to name a few.

Our world was created with a sense of order. For every loss, there is a gain. Sometimes we are so blinded by the loss that we don't see the gain, don't recognize the gift.

People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the middle of the road and the back of the church. —Mrs. Miracle

Practicing an attitude of gratitude spills over to acts of generosity.

Readers have actually changed the way I've done things, changed the course of my career even, about four or five times. Just from reader feedback.

Romance focuses on emotions and on relationships, both of which are fundamentally important to women.

She said interruptions were simply God's appointments.

Some marriages are made in heaven, but they all have to be maintained on earth. Mrs Miracle

The best way to get even is to forget.

We all face difficulties of our own, and how comforting it is to immerse yourself in a book - my book, any book, any romance. It's entertainment, it's escape, and it can even be an inspiration!

While it may not be a simple act, offering forgiveness not only has the power to heal relationships, it strengthens the well-being of those who give this life-changing gift.

After all, it wan't every day that someone got adopted by a dog.

Dreams remain only wisps of enjoyable but useless imagination if we don’t give them an anchor to hold to. If we don’t make them determined goals. Faith in God is that anchor. It’s what enables that dream to come off the shelf and sit right down in front of us.

Emotions can become habits - she said haltingly as she wiped her eyes. But habits can be changed".

I believe that our world was created with a sense of order. For every loss, there's a gain. Sometimes we're so blinded by the loss that we don't see the gain, don't recognize the gift.

I generally read every night befi=ore I fall asleep: Brad does too. I find it comforting to lie beside my husband, each of us with a book in our hands. I see it as a period of calm and intimacy, and as the perfect metaphor-together, yet individual-for our marriage.

I think sometimes we love so deeply, so profoundly, that anything else pales by comparison.

It was unnerving. She'd looked at him and had the uncontrollable urge to weep. Thus far she'd managed to control her emotions. Thank God. She didn't even want to imagine what he would think of her if she started weeping for absolutely no reason.

I’ve always loved catching snow on my eyelashes.

Live. Do whatever possible to stay alive. I'll be waiting. Praying, faithful. Just live. - Jo Marie Rose, Silver Linings

Love isn't really all that terrifying once you let go of your doubts.

Love takes something that's difficult and makes it feel so effortless.

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.

Merry Christmas. His would be without the Merry for sure.

Pete's a good guy." "He just slept with my mother!" "I didn't say he was perfect.

Remember, good things come to those who wait.

She'd taken ten years off his life, frightening him the way she had, and now he'd easily subtracted another ten by kissing her. If he spent much more time with Jenna Campbell, he'd be dead inside a week.

Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.

The minute I set eyes on your mother, I felt this thing happen in my gut, like the flu bug hit me worse than any sickness I’ve ever had, worse than the bubonic plague.” His love analogy could use a little work…

When you are truly passionate about something that God has designed for you to do; things unexplainably click. You experience a profound sense of joy in what you do. It feels natural and it completes you.

With the long hours of daylight in the Alaska summers, the gardens served up a cornucopia of amazing and extra-large produce.

You do this often?" she asked. "Drink or hijack women?

You're so authentic. You are who you are and you aren't willing to apologize for it. I like that.