Bad habits were all a matter of perspective, and as long as the present was viewed through the lens of the past, anyone would say he was doing a spectacular job.

The entire time Albie followed Beverly around the house doing what the children referred to as “the stripper soundtra

The two sisters were connected by neither love nor mutual affinity but by a very small bathroom that could be entered from the bedroom on either side.

Oh, my love, ' she said. 'What do the only children do?''We'll never have to know.

Zen- Dojo Tozan was not in Sarnen or Thu but somewhere between the two, not in a village but in the tall grass and blue flowers.

She didn't know how to hate her mother yet, but every time she left her father crying in the airport she came that much closer to figuring it out.

Isn't that what everyone wants, just for a moment to be unencumbered?

Somebody's going to have to make the money to buy you all those books.""They're free, " Franny said. "I check them out of the library.""Well, thank God for libraries, " Caroline said.

In life, I have learnt that the more I learnt about life, the sadder I became and the sadder I became the desire to learn about life increased.

It's not a question of God 'sending' us to Hell. In each of us there is something growing up which will of itself be Hell unless it is nipped in the bud.

Put your heart mind intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

When you taste super-success after tasting super-failure, there is huge relief.

We need an adequate defense, but every arms dollar we spend above adequacy has a long-term weakening effect upon the nation and its security.

I never had any barriers coming from my family. Just encouragement.

I'm a lifelong Vikings and Packers fan because I lived in both Minnesota and Wisconsin as a kid.

The riches they receive will be in exact proportion to the definiteness of their vision, the fixity of their purpose, the steadiness of their faith, and the depth of their gratitude.

Man, the most complicated of the animals, has a relatively short gestation period. Beyond that, he will be born, unlike most mammals, in a ridiculously helpless state.