Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor, since they were the closest things to God's representatives here on Earth.

Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.

I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?

Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a finger for a lost cause.

Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives.

Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are

But if you want to win, you're going to have to fight.

There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.

I choose many voices to consider and reckon with, rather than just one to tolerate.

The ones who say "you can't" and "you won't" are probably the ones that are scared that you will.

Unity despite diversity is exactly what defines Christianity as distinct from and antithetical to all other religious belief systems". ~R. Alan Woods [2006]

He longed for a world where safe places for the weak and vulnerable were common, but that was not this world. Not right now.

All the wrong people have the power of suggestion and the freedom of the press is meaningless if nobody asks a question.

Start enjoying the things you like about yourself, and if there are things you want to change, either get to work on it or get over it.

The murders in Paris are sickening, we stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press.

..she took pictures of germs, viruses, and people reacting to germs and viruses. On weekends, for extra money, she photographed weddings, which really wasn't that much of a stretch

The happy do not believe in miracles.

The more someone talks, the more they reveal about themselves and the more they reveal about the way something has affected them.