Human cruelty can be infinite. Human generosity can be boundless.

Nothing attunes you to the beauty of the quotidian like a man who decides not to kill you after all

A book can’t be a half-fantasy any more than a woman can be half pregnant

The empowered may serve justice, remodel the Earth, transform lush nations into smoking battlefields, and bring down skyscrapers, but power itself is amoral.

Power and moneyLike Pooh Bear and honeyStick fast.

Not a clue – and, no, I don’t touch drugs. The world’s unstable enough without scrambling your brain for kicks.

Nonfiction that smells like fiction is neither.

Books’ll be back, ” Esther-in-Unalaq predicts. “Wait till the power grids start failing in the 2030s and the datavats get erased. It’s not far away. The future looks a lot like the past.

The Future, ” says Ian, in a film-trailer voice. “Coming soon, to a Present near you.

Prayer may be a placebo for the disease of helplessness, but placebos can make you feel better.

Here’s the truth: Who is spared love is spared grief.

Forever friends are a treasure chest of understanding and compassion. Cherish them.

I've always loved joining clubs--although, in truth, they're usually book clubs." ~Robecca Steam

To dream is to desire, to desire is to long for, to long for is to want, and to want you must work to attain all you dream of, desire, long for and want.

Set your strong intention, work hard, and pray, slowly but surely, what you strive for will come to be. This is God’s law.” -127

It was a nice relief to be able to work on individual songs.

Faith takes God without any ifs. If God says anything, faith says, "I believe it"; faith says, "Amen" to it.

Faith is an outward look, not an inward look.

We will never allow anybody to separate Taiwan from China.

It is more satisfying to be a bad player at golf. The worse you play, the better you remember the occasional good shot.

Covertly the hands of a great clock go round and round! Were they to move quickly and at once the whole secret would be out and the shuffling of all ants be done forever.