Art is why I get up in the morning, but my definition ends there. You know, it doesn't seem fair that I'm living for something I can't even define, but there you are, right there, in the meantime.

And what if there are no damsels in distress?What if I knew that, and I called your bluff?Don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down, whether or not you ever show up?

In fact, when I finally shuffle off this mortalcoil, you will have to pry a book out of my cold, dead hands.

Three essential keys (FAITH, HOPE and LOVE) will open the Heavens door.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.

Today most habeas involves the federal courts overriding state convictionswhere it used to be mostly the reverse.

I can remember riding in the car with [my daughter] Amelia, when she was very small, and we'd talk about money the same way we'd talk about sparkly shoes or what had happened at school.

No matter what his rank or position may be, the lover of books is the richest and the happiest of the children of men.

I see in the rising crescendo of ethnic tensions, civilization clashes and the use of religious justification for acts of terror, a clear and present danger to humanity.

Any conception of a god that is less than sovereign is an idol and no god at all.

Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.