He awoke at six, as usual. He needed no alarm clock. He was already comprehensively alarmed.

Nothing nice happens to murdered women.

You're different, you know.""Only different from you, " he said. "Not different from me.

The Psalter is the great school of prayer.

If I did anything 'next,' I would do writing.

What is this obsession people have with books? They put them in their houses like they're trophies. What do you need it for after you read it?

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

I row after health like a waterman.

The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.

To view current events as a historian is to account for all perspectives, even those of your enemy

I believe in anything that works.