Beyond the dark water of the womb there is an entire universe to be dealt with.

With every vial of success there is always a pinch of madness.

Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.

If the Lord should bring a wicked man to heaven, heaven would be hell to him; for he who loves not grace upon earth will never love it in heaven

I never quite toed the line.

Every morning I wake up and see my beautiful wife is like a gift. She gave me the gift of love and gorgeous wonderful babies.

The husbandman is always a better Greek than the scholar is prepared to appreciate, and the old custom still survives, while antiquarians and scholars grow gray in commemorating it.

Oil painting did to appearances what capital did to social relations. It reduced everything to the equality of objects. Everything became exchangeable because everything became a commodity.

Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water.

If we get it wrong about Jesus, it doesn’t matter what else we get right.

Lie to me. she whispered. I love you. he said.