Dwelling much on the contemplation of little things, [we] are in danger of losing the intellectual appetite.

She wants another spin on the wheel of fortune? This was always my problem with her: I could never tell the difference between the feeling of love and the feeling of danger.

They were erected purposefully to send a strong message to all who walked in their shadows about who was still in charge in this city.

Error often is to be preferred to indecision.

Here is a biblical and churchly spirituality so needed today as an alternative to the new age nostrums that crowd the mall bookstore shelves.

I went to NYU undergraduate, then for a Master's in English, and got a summer job at St. Vincent's. I was a ward clerk handling everything in an intensive care unit.

You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things.

Take a deep breath and think of the three things you are grateful for, right in this moment.

I won't call myself a failure. Failure is not getting knocked down. It's not getting up.

Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant

I always felt that nobody was going to understand me, going to understand what I felt about things. I guess that's why I started writing. At least on paper I could put down what I thought.