Being a fool for God was not merely alright but liberating.

No one who had once learned to identify happiness with wealth ever felt that he had wealth enough.

I had no knowledge of divine help, and all the world lost faith in gradual progress.

I suppose it's unfair, tricks of argument that leave wounds, but with this sort of thing that (C.S.) Lewis does, what I feel is a craftsman's joy at the sight of a superior performance.

We sucked in atheism with our canned milk.

I changed. I have been turning into a different person since that half-minute.

I always hated when my scars started to fade, because as long as I could still see them, I knew why I was hurting.

Determined, I riseand face the dawn with resolve.This time I will win.

Do you think I'm pretty?”He regarded me with utter seriousness, like he always did. "I think you're beautiful.”"Beautiful?”"You are so beautiful, it hurts me sometimes.

Tell me why.” My voice shook. “Tell me right now.

When I'm playing a part, I can feel all my body playing it; it's like really making love.

I wanted to grow in terms of making pictures, not adapting to new software and technology. But that's the game now.

Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see.

Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene.

It seems that we're better at finding someone to blame for our problems than we are at finding creative solutions to fix them.

To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.