For Anne and our cub, for making me and my life less beastly

It had not hurt his hands at all and the sudden release of energy, twinned with Dom's fall, gave him a sudden lunatic rush of euphoria.

He just existed before it and within the terrible presence that filled the cramped space of the attic.

More books have resulted from somebody's need to write than from anybody's need to read.

A good dog deserves a good bone.

Today we understand that the future of humanity very much depends on our planet, and that the future of the planet very much depends on humanity.

I have nothing against the smell of rot but something against what hides the smell of rot in the United States of America.

Faith changes hope into reality.

Perfection is impossible without humility. Why should I strive for perfection, if I am already good enough?

We must not forget that all great revolutions and reformations would look mean and meagre if examined in detail as they occurred at the time.

Being single isn't the cause of loneliness, and marriage is not necessarily the cure. There are many lonely married people as well.

Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth; yet we get upset about it and our gain turns to loss.

I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does they might as well be dead.