I just feel like we’re starting to interfere on a level that’s sort of . . . extreme.” “But that’s what heroes do.

Then he looked back to me, and smiled. It was a terrible expression, filled with edges, and with knives.

Just thinking about how long it’s been since I’ve managed to wind up covered in blood, ” I said. “It’s like a new trend. A blood-free trend.

for years now there had been no country here but the war.

If we fail to understand the biblical story of Jesus, we will compromise our prophetic interpretations of the end-times. And that's exactly what we've done.

I suspect people channel-surf, as they tend to everywhere. But I'm told that we're not much on at the State Department, so we'll have to look into that.

I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels.

Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.

That which is produced with intention has passed over from non-existence to existence.

I manage to live pretty normally.

The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children.

Inanimate objects sometimes appear endowed with a strange power of sight. A statue notices, a tower watches, the face of an edifice contemplates.