Have you ever felt that there was something going on in life that not everyone was aware of?

My parents reverted to their Catholic faith through the charismatic renewal, so I was raised charismatic.

The boys at school are so degenerate that it makes one feel pessimistic about the future of the male gender in general.

Some scars never heal. And he sounds like he has a lot of them.' 'But Christ had scars too, even on His risen Body. Wounds in this life become glory in the next.

How do you say 'bring me sausage and eggs or I'll slit your throat' in Italian?" "Look it up in the phrase book.

It was Night. In most places, Night is a time for sleep, for calm, and for mystery. But not in New York City, where many things conspired every evening to murder the night.

Bear heard Rose in the background saying, 'Why thank you, Mr. Fish.' 'Good redhead. Helpful redhead,' Fish returned.

My skin's too white." she said. Says who, Snow White?" he said, touching her cheek lightly with one hand.

For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction.

Blanche, prosaic in a pale yellow sweater and blue jeans, was wondering again if anything mattered—-life, faith--specifically, finishing homework assignments.

There was a silence. Then Paul looked at Alex. 'She knows Chesterton.' 'She lives,' said Alex.

Happiness isn't complicated. It is a humble state of gratitude for simple pleasures, tender mercies, recognized blessings, and inherent beauty.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

To understand an issue or someone’s argument about anything, one needs to understand the very nature of the issue, which is thefoundational question concerning anything.

When something is such a creative medium as the web, the limits to it are our imagination.

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

The worst attitude of all would be the professional attitude which regards children in the lump as a sort of raw material which we have to handle.

Yes, I have made a woman cry.

We need comedies in the world! We need to laugh, it's all so hard.

I'd been told there are 10 difficult holes and eight impossible ones. I'm still trying to work out which the 10 difficult holes are.

To be a friend of the weak-that is the artist's point of departure as well as his ultimate goal.