Both Heaven and Hell are retroactive, all of one's life will eventually be known to have been one or the other.

To believe with certainty, somebody said, one has to begin by doubting.

What we did see was that jealousy is fear: it can corrode even if quite baseless.

Corruption is never compulsory.

One loves truly only once in a lifetime, Julian, even if one isn’t aware of it.

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.

Nobody got murdered before lunch. But nobody. People weren't up to it. You needed a good lunch to get both the blood-sugar and blood-lust levels up.

The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap, and they know it.

What do these so-called artists mean when they preach the discovery of the'new'? Is there anything new? Everything has been done, everything has been discovered.

I'm used to doing a lot of dolly tracks.

If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly.

There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither hope nor love without faith.

There is nothing left to us but to see how we may be approved of Him, and how we may roll the weight of our weak souls in well-doing upon Him, who is God omnipotent.

I feel like clothing is very much emotional, you know?