I could wish there were a God, if it were only to ask him to bless thee.

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.

But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

Sometimes all you need is to forgive yourself.

Right, my phone. When these things first appeared, they were so cool. Only when it was too late did people realize they are as cool as electronic tags on remand prisoners.

God the first garden made and the first city Cain.

I think CGI is interesting but it's too expensive and limiting in terms of what you can do shot-by-shot.

The full moon rises. The fog clings to the lowest branches of the spruce trees. The man steps out of the darkest corner of the forest and finds himself transformed into... A monkey? I think not.

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.

To make big steps, you've got to take action yourself and not listen to other people.

The thing is, if I don't have sobriety, I don't have anything.

Leading with integrity is embracing honesty! We should always use our weaknesses to point others to Christ's strength.

God's existence is either true or not. But calling it a scientific question implies that the tools of science can provide the answer.