Actually, the situation was intolerable. But then it was surprising how much intolerableness a man could tolerate.

Invincible ignorance always upset him, even though he knew he should just laugh at it.

The greater the gap between self perception and reality, the more aggression is unleashed on those who point out the discrepancy.

There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do.

My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.

...I live with regrets - the bittersweet loss of innocence - the red track of the moon upon the lake - the inability to return and do it again...

So let us sleep outside tonight, Lay down in our mother's arms, for here we can rest safely.

I just want to serve up the goodness and grace that's been given to me because I made a choice that lined up with my passion. And that's what I tell my kids.

Are we to have a church in which everyone's judgment is equal to everyone else's? That's not a church, it's chaos. Common sense dictates that you keep the fox out of the chicken coop.

And where, on earth, dwell hope and truth? In childhood's uncorrupted heart; Alas! too soon to guileless youth The world doth its dark code impart!

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.

The most ethical way to deal with an unethical situation would be to simply say: 'We did something wrong.' But nobody in a family like mine would ever respond like this.