He prayed as he breathed, forming no words and making no specific requests, only holding his heart, like broken birds in cupped hands,

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.

The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.

Despair is deadly sin, but worse, it is mortal folly.

Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.

The mountains of today are the molehills of tomorrow.

Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them.

There is no one who cannot be hated, against whatever odds. Nor anyone who cannot be loved, against all reason.

I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians.

All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.

as roads go, the road home is as good as any.

Soul power supersedes mind power.

It is better to do something you like than to think about what you don't like.

Skills are common. Talent is rare.

The Christian is a holy rebel loose in the world with access to the throne of God.

You might be a redneck if you look upon a family reunion as a chance to meet 'Ms. Right

I had a dream I can buy my way to heaven.

Fake it till you make it.

Knowing one was comprised of recycled matter only and that selfhood was a delusion did not take away the aching of the heart.

To me, the most perfect screenplay ever written will be one word, when you finally reduce it down to that. Until then, writing will be an imperfect form of communication.

Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep.