A cynic who was still saddened whenever his jaundiced view of mankind was confirmed.

Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes, that we are capable of sincere repentance, of genuine contrition.

Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.

We tend to forget at times that it is the little ones, the children, who do suffer the greatest hurt. If we cannot comprehend why certain sorrows are visited upon us, how on earth can they?

I inhale hope with every breath I take.

…she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime.

Poor Wales. So far from Heaven, so close to England.

...A scar signifies past pain, a wound that did not heal as it ought. But it testifies, too, to survival...(Here be Dragons)

Why is it honesty when a man speaks his mind and madness when a woman does?

When does he ever think?" Richard straddled a chair and accepted a wind cup from Raoul. "If he were to sell his brain, he could claim it had never been used.", Chapter 7

During the day, memories could be held at bay, but at night, dreams became the devil's own accomplices.

[T]hat mutual jealousy, that intolerantly keen edge of criticism, that irrational hunger for a beautiful perfection, that life and wisdom do presently and most mercifully dull.

Deal with my weird

Dolphins and sharks are natural enemies. Dolphins are like, "Quit eating us, " and sharks are like, "Stop smiling all the time, you morons.

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.

He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.

I'd like to be a geneticist to be honest, but there are limits to what I can do now. For my dream to come true I'd have to be 20 years old again, heading off to a blue chip university.

I'm terrified about the day that I enter the gates of heaven and God says to me, just a minute.

Respect the building blocks, master the fundamentals, and the potential is unlimited

Have the courage to say what needs to be said to who it needs to be said to. You'll both be better for it.

We may conceive an hope that the next generation will in tongue and heart and every way else become English; so as there will be no difference or distinction but the Irish sea betwixt us.