His eyes gravitated towards the wall-to-wall bookshelf at one end of the room. 'You folks like books, I see.

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.

A performance art piece is unprecedented. It is difficult to censor since it has a good possibility of never being done before.

Leadership is meant merely to be lead-by-example.Anything given extra to support team result is just an icing on the top.

It's always been impressive to me when someone can really do what they want onstage. The audience has confidence in the performer and the performer has confidence in the crowd.

Anyone can love peace, but Jesus didn't say, "Blessed are the peace-lovers." He says �peacemakers.� He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life.

My mom died when I was 8.

Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment.

Humility bids us to take ourselves as we are; we do not have to be cosmically significant to be genuinely significant.

Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.

She believes that Tobias belongs to her now. She doesn't know the truth, that he belongs to himself.

Revelation is where all crazy people end up. It's the last stop on the nutso express.