From the point of view of the playwright then the essence of a tragedy or even of a serious play is the spiritual awakening or regeneration of his hero.

You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.

The heavenly Father is a hope to the hopeless.

The most difficult is the first family, to bring someone out of the world.

Self-efficacy beliefs differ from outcome expectations, judgments of the likely consequence [that] behavior will produce.

What a pity that the only way to heaven is in a hearse.

And the gold of her ruined wedding dress.

Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.

I like to preserve simplicity rahter than over-polishing. Fashions are changeable. Taste is in realizing the essence of a place.

I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it.

...his job was the very least important part of his life, never to be mentioned except in irony.