I do suspect that he is not really necessary to my happiness.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

The Holy Spirit never draws attention to Himself. He always points to and reveals Jesus.

Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?

He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.

I'm learning from them! Everyone says that, but it's true. You learn more about yourself from them than from any other lesson.

Each step in life has been another step in an area that was a challenge, that is highly satisfying and that gives you a great sense of pride afterwards.

It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.

After theology I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor.

I can tell whether a person can play just by the way he stands.

Creator and reader are partners in the invisible creating something out of nothing, time and time again.

Being aggressive is a lot less risky in the end. Are you going to eat your lunch, or have your lunch eaten for you.