Babette looked too good for the place tonight, but then goodness is only relative after all ("Steps Going Up" aka "Guillotine" aka "Men Must Die")

But there are three things in this world you can’t shrug off: death, taxes – and a girl who loves you.

It is the storyteller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.

I don't share blame. I don't share credit. And I don't share desserts.

God can use a sensitive Christian to be a rich blessing in the life of one who knows pain and sorrow.

I think it is important to maintain a sense of self and confidence, not letting either falter for the sake of a particular part or project, no matter how great it might be.

A Maybelline New York woman is strong and confident - I love that attitude.

Private ownership of land is the nether mill-stone. Material progress is the upper mill-stone. Between them, with an increasing pressure, the working classes are being ground.

All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.

Forgiveness of sin strikes the root of all pain.

True balm [of fantasy] takes away the painful irritation of life and simply heals, allowing one to begin anew. And that is what fantasy can do for us.