Becoming a Christian is the work of a moment

Nature is the supreme cradle of life, and must be protected and treated with the highest respect and care.

The narrator welcomes new students to his school by offering to tell them who the easy teachers are, or who the good ones are.

Right foot, left foot, hemorrhage.

Our attitude toward others reveals our genuine attitude toward God.

...cook him up with some barbecued dog...cook that yellow chump. I'll make that mother f**ker make me a sushi roll and cook me some rice.

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers.

The message I'm sending to myself - I can't change the world until I change myself first.

Who gets to choose what battle takes her down?

That is a question we cannot answer before, or even during, the trials. Only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were there.

Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?