I am going to shrink and shrink until I am a dry fall leaf, complete with a translucent spine and brittle veins, blowing away in a stiff wind, up, up, up into a crisp blue sky.

But the memories that hang heaviest are the easiest to recall.

Losing your honor in a person's eye is tantamount losing it for entire humanity.

The real hell of life is everyone has his reasons.

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

Fun, fighting, and feeding! These are the three indispensable elements of the boy's world.

I have my favorite authors, but in reality, my mother did. Though she's never written a book, she paved the way for me to.

Back in the day you wanted your albums to have a theme, and 'Sports' theme was really a collection of singles. It was really a record for its time.

The pearl whose possession separates man from beast, the pearl which is the rarest find - the best among virtues - is forgiveness.

Punishment is not prevention. History offers cold comfort to those who think grievance and despair can be subdued by force.

This wasn't food - it was what food became if it had been good and gone to food heaven.

The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.