A lot of people see it as a kind of failure to stay in the place where you’re from, especially if you’re from the Midwest. Like ambition is geographic.

attraction, that's the farthest thing from an idea. That's an urge, an impulse, a force. It's subconscious, physical. You can't make everything cerebral.

Marriage becomes hard work once you have poured the entirety of your life’s expectations for happiness into the hands of one mere person. Keeping that going is hard work.

Real strength isn’t control. It’s knowing when to let go.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

Through storms you are able to get all the colors you need to paint the rainbow.

I know Jesus Christ died for my sins, and that's all I really need to know.

When I near the end of a book, it feels as if the entire universe meets me more than halfway and supports me. The whole world seems to shimmer when I find the words. My mind quiets.

I'm not opposed to the use of force.

There is only one reality. That reality is God. The soul of man must contact God, and unless the spirit of man is truly joined to God, there is no such thing as real Christian manifestation.

The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception.