Had he already inspired a passion in some stranger’s heart?

He thought to himself, I’ll never be this perfect again, an idea that made him sad.

You are the Perfect Young Man: honest, clean, virile.

Wasn’t it correct in America to call a man ‘handsome’ rather than ‘beautiful’?

You say that you don’t care about age and that you’re ready to push the wheelchair and hose down my bum, but how can you be sure?

He was a good boy and ‘projected’ goodness – which later would be the downfall of many a person.

In America everyone called the merest acquaintance a ‘friend’ – Guy had taken up the habit. It made him feel better about not having any real friends.

Older guys have too much emotional baggage. They’ve already lived their lives.

Nothing good can come from a crack of dawn meeting on a Monday morning.

Healing is anything that restores your inner sense that all is well, and that returns you to a healthy state of empowerment.

no time agoor else a lifewalking in the darki met christjesus)my heartflopped overand lay stillwhile he passed(asclose as i’m to youyes closermade of nothingexcept loneliness.

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

I love Chicago. I know Chicago. And Chicago is a great city. It can be a great city. It can't be a great city if people are shot walking down the street for a loaf of bread.

O men! you can take life easily but, remember, none of you can give life! So, have mercy, have compassion! And, never forget, that compassion makes the world noble and beautiful.

The University of Nebraska says that elderly people that drink beer or wine at least four times a week have the highest bone density. They need it - they're the ones falling down the most.

Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.

I'm a believer in The Word, which says "God moves mountains."

Satisfaction, even after one has dined well, is not so interesting and eager a feeling as hunger.