Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and the virtuous.

Vampires have credit cards?""We're undead, not Amish.

Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have "plans.

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.

One of the best ways of repressing emotions is artificial certainty.

There are two conversations going on at the same time: the story and a conversation about how the story is being told.

Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us.

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the puzzlement and wondering.

Individuals achieve optimal stupidity when they're given substantial powers while being insulated from the results of their actions.

If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much!

The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people