Great God, have pity on the wicked, for thou didst everything for the good, when thou madest them good!

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

You're a stalker with hooves.""I am not! I followed her to the Big House and hid in a bush and watched the whole thing.

Best gifts: love, prayer, books!

She's young and the world's wide open.

Journey into the beautiful dream that is life...the end is only the beginning.

Even the stove and the refrigerator looked human, I mean good human - they seemed to have arms and voices and they said, hang around, kid, it's good here, it can be very good here.

If there's one thing I really love... it's sad music.

Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain.

I don't want to get into some sort of back-and-forth on insults because that just drags everybody down.

I hope that's true, because I figured out why I'd never finished it, what I was waiting for. I was waiting for you, Clare. For them. For us. I want to finish it up for you, for them, for us.

I think in a lot of ways, writing, when you're really in there, is like being an actress because you're in somebody else's head.