Do you know what she did? Your cunting daughter?

But a myth, to speak plainly, to me is like a menu in a fancy French restaurant: glamorous, complicated camouflage for a fact you wouldn't otherwise swallow, like maybe lima beans.

What looked like morning was the beginning of endless night

God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials.

Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness... and perhaps even Satan - Satan, in spite of himself - somehow serves to work out the will of God.

As far as God goes, I _am_ a nonbeliever. Still am. But when it comes to a devil---well, that's something else.

Her shoes were comfortable. They reflected her hope for the evening.

The child was slender as fleeting hope.

We use concepts like "consciousness"---"mind"---"personality, " but we don't really know yet what these things are.' He was shaking his head. 'Not really. Not at all.

But if all of the evil in the world makes you think that there might be a devil, Chris, how do you account for all the good?

At any moment, you know, your manufactured cool could blow.

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.

The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.

Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.

Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.

I eat and drink at my desk, but I'm a tidy eater.

friendship is a virtue which comprehends all the rest; none being fit for this, who is not adorned with every other virtue.

Tell me, warrior, how soon can we do this again?

Hello. I'm hello, and I'd like to say myself.

Secrecy doesn't attach to particular parties; it attaches to power. All of the bull work is in place for whomever succeeds. That's my concern.