For all the books in his possession, he still failed to read the stories written plain as day in the faces of the people around him.

In the yard of the inn, Daffy Cadwaladyr introduced himself. "Short for Davyd, " he said pleasantly.The Londoner looked as if she'd never heard a sillier name in her life.

The crow flew closer, as if to hear its praises.

Sometimes words were like glass that broke in her mouth.

I may have had moments of regret in my life, but you know, they wouldn't add up to an hour.

That's what you got for being a servant of no ambition: a shrunken life, hung up like a gibbet as a warning to others.

And tonight Mary could taste bitterness going down like a nut, settling in her stomach. It planted itself, put down roots, and began to grow, nourished on her dark blood.

If we go on like this, there won't be anything left to fight for

My disease is one of the best things that has happened to me it has pulled me out of a quietly desperate life toward one full of love and hope.

I never thought of myself as a writer about religion until a religion came after me.

Most of us can agree there is nothing more special, mysterious, mystical, powerful and important than life!

My early work and publications centered around expanding on the analysis of life insurance in my dissertation and its relationship to investment banking.

I've just been lucky to work on things that I felt would be cool to see. It's not that I had a strategy or anything.

God shields the souls of the innocent the best He can from the Devil's torments.

Because I believe that I know about that aspect of hip-hop better than any one else, I'm trying my best in order to be the most real I can in this situation.

Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate.

We . . . exercise on earth the power of our Lord and seek with all our might to bring those sheep of His flock who are outside into the fold committed to our charge . . .