But how intolerable bright the morning is where we who are alive and remain, walk lifted up, carried forward by an effective word.

They bright whiten all this sepulchre with powdered chloride of lime. It's a perfectly sanitary war.

...and how is a man to know the habits of their God, whether He smites suddenly or withholds, if you mishandle the things set apart, the objects of His people He is jealous of.

For they were unseasoned, nor inured, not knowing this to be much less than the beginning of sorrow.

He thought it disproportionate in its violence considering the fragility of us.

A great story can change the world.

Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided.

Natural dignity of mind or manners can never be concealed; it ever commands our respect: assumed dignity, or importance, excites our ridicule and contempt.

I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.

How much fame, money and power does a woman have to achieve on her own before you can punch her in the face?

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

For the most part I'll probably do floor exercise and balance beam. Those are the two things that I do.

A grand jury would 'indict a ham sandwich,' if that's what you wanted.

Birds fascinated her. How did they do that, seeming to fly with one mind, each of them able to anticipate what the others would do?