Artists, who are selfish people, become anxious around the self-sacrificing

What if I've died a long time ago and come here? he wondered. What if the defining characteristic of hell is that you're locked in an endless, blind battle to reform it?

The roots of shame run deep.

Every child is a packet of disappointments, hurts, dangers.

To ask a child to feel sympathy for the poor is harder than getting him to feel sympathy for a chicken or a goat—at least you can see a goat being slaughtered.

Like men who have failed together, they wanted nothing more than to never see each other again.

No action is safe from meaning.

Every way he turned, his past was detonated, revealing tunnels and alternative routes under the packed, settled earth of the present.

Silence is the small man’s only defense.

You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet.

The future of every community lies in capturing the passion, imagination, and resources of its people.

Living your life constructs your soul, not a few seconds of daily prayer.

It is annoying when people call me Matilda instead of my name when they actually know my name, because you know, we are two different people. But what can you do?

An air of fashion, which is but a badge of slavery ... proves that the soul has not a strong individual character.

Do not EXPECT troubles as they have a tendency not to disappoint.

I walk the world in wonder.

One of the most annoying habits of liberals is their tendency to confuse their political agenda with moral virtue.

There is at least one truth to every myth, and it takes one truth to create a lie. Lies can be formed from Truth; however, Truth cannot be formed from lies.

The law is God's first word; the gospel is God's final word.