"I’ll never be lonely, even if I am alone, for I have a precious Savior who’ll come to take me home. But while I’m here, his servant I will be- with one foot on earth, and one in eternity. I’ll gather his crops to populate the land, and if I feel weary I’ll cling tighter to his hand."
— Melody Carlson

"I welcome each new day with a hopeful expectancy that I, too, will rise above the ordinary. For I am not content to live a merely "normal" life or settle for an average existence. No, I am destined for more--much, much more."
— Melody Carlson (Finding Alice)

"While Owen and Miles talk sports, I people watch. And this is what I see: teenagers trying to act like adults. Or how they think adults act. But mostly they look ridiculous, and I wonder what they don't want to do something that's more fun than drinking, smoking, flirting, and making out. Why are those activities considered to be fun?"
— Melody Carlson (Just Another Girl: A Novel)

"being a teenager these days is not for the faint of heart. "
— Melody Carlson

"How can this be? How could we have been just sitting there, happily eating our lunch, and then Jess announces that she's gay? Like who does that anyway? And how is it possible that I never even saw this coming? I mean if you best friend has no clue that you're gay, then who does?"
— Melody Carlson (Bright Purple: Color Me Confused)