I buried Little Ann by the side of Old Dan. I knew that was where she wanted to be. I also buried a part of my life along with my dog.

There is a little good in all evil.

You were worth it, old friend, and a thousand times over.

Internet friends are real friends

With a heavy heart, I turned and walked away. I knew that as long as I lived I'd never forget the two little graves and the sacred red fern.

He realized that the ritualized world he had dismissed as feminine was in fact civilization.

God created the institution of marriage for mutual happiness and pleasure.

It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.

I know you're all saying I can go to the moon but I can't find Pasadena.

There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.

Few things are more agreeable than the spectacle of a man who loses his temper; we should be grateful to such people for providing us with moments of often unsullied delight.

We need to look resolutely away from the impossibilities and to the Lord. His help will come.

Adversity is a crossroads that makes a person choose one of two paths: character or compromise. Every time he chooses character, he becomes stronger, even if that choice brings negative consequences.

I realize now I didn't really want to die. I just wanted to stop the hurt and pain.

I'm excited about the opportunities with mobile phones and being able to receive information on the go and relevant to what I'm doing at that moment in time.

Once during the mission I was asked by ground control what I could see. "What do I see?" I replied. "Half a world to the left, half a world to the right, I can see it all. The Earth is so small."