Cats – by day the most docile of God’s creatures, every one of them in the night enlisting under the devil’s banner – took the place by storm after the human voice had ceased.

People still have the same story, the one where they get born and they do stuff and they die, but now the story means something different to what it meant before.

It is better to be running after the truth and principles of God than to be running after miracles

There are lots of things that you can brush under the carpet about yourself until you're faced with somebody whose needs won't be put off.

It really matters to writers to find and treasure readers, all the more when they're on the other side of the world.

Anywhere, provided it be forward-- farther still farther into the night.

The mind is like a lake. It reflects eternity when it's very still. If ripples appear, lots of them, then the reflection is not clear. We lose the clarity of the perfect reflection.

Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention.

If you give the future all your attention, the present will pass you by.

The dinner table is a lively debate, and everybody weighs in in a different way. I like that, though.

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.