I am reconciled to my death, but I detest the mode.

What is in great demand, but scarce, is expensive, but even when wisdom is not in demand it is priceless.

The people I've known who wanted to become writers, knowing what it meant, did become writers.

Those who say the Rosary daily and wear the Brown Scapular and who do a little more, will go straight to Heaven.

Virtue is indeed its own reward.

Talking about someone who makes you happy actually makes you happy. Being happy makes you want to talk, to go over everything, to share it so you can remember it all over again.

It was hypnotic, and then it was unsettling, and finally I became aware of another entity in my universe, sitting on the shore two hundred yards away, smoking a pipe.

I read Pushing the Limit and Dare You To by Katie McGarry. Fantastic stuff. I had never read young adult before, but now Im a believer.

Charity is without fear: having given all that it has, it has nothing left to lose.

You are your best thing

There was huge pressure, especially before the big games. Not many people believed in us, but we believed in ourselves. We wanted to do something good and we did.