But the way to wealth through the quill seems long.

To know how to say what other people only think, is what makes poets and sages; and to dare to say what others only dare to think, makes men martyrs or reformers.

When we call on God, he bends down His ear to listen, as a father bends down to listen to his little child.

The devil makes a great deal of the religion we see.

great inventors and discoverers seem to have made their discoveries and inventions as it were by the way, in the course of their everyday life.

The devil never seems so busy as where the saints are, which is another reason why I feel how difficult it would be to be religious.

To know how to say what others only know how to think is what makes men poets or sages and to dare to say what others only dare to think makes men martyrs or reformers-or both.

To know how to say what others only know how to think is what makes men poets or sages and to dare to say what others only dare to think makes men martyrs or reformers or both.

I thought... that we could at least talk about books.

I let loose a guttural roar-the cry of a man who has been deprived of his rightful kibbeh. I drew my sword and smacked the eagle with flat of the blade

Unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. No one is excepted, not [even] the infant.

You pigeon hole yourself by the title you give yourself.

When I'm not in a relationship, I shave one leg. That way, when I sleep, it feels like I'm with a woman.

Euthanasia is the kindest gift to a dog or cat unwanted and unloved.

Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical.

I was raised by a strong mother and I never felt like I had to be a role, you know, I was just me, who I am.

Indifference breeds animosity.

Did you eat a lot of paint chips as a child?