Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun.

Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.

Religious belief is without reason and without dignity, and its record is near-universally dreadful.

Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.

My life looked good on paper - where, in fact, almost all of it was being lived.

When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable

Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything.

Perhaps there are other bits of my life that would take on content, take on shadow, if only I read more and thought less about money.

When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . .

Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're full of new rewards.

Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love.

You cannot see the past that did not happen any more than you can foresee the future.

In terms of my marriage, you know, falling in love with my husband was by far the best thing that's ever happened to me.

It is strange how the elderly fall silent when they ought to go on speaking, obliging the young to learn everything from scratch.

I've been on the phone, I think, 20 out of 24 hours the last three days.

Having the reality of God's presence is not dependent on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependent on our determination to keep the Lord before us continually.

I never want to feel like the way that I see it isthe only way. Sometimes mistakes happen and that's better than whatyou thought the scene could be. You allow room for the possibilities.

Something happens to a woman when she can't reproduce. I've not had to walk that path, but I can only imagine when your organs don't work and how that could make you feel.

In all this world, I pray thee, who Is virtuous, heroic, true?

You think your friends have good taste in fashion, until they ask you to wear an ugly bridesmaid dress!