I’m saying there is evil in the world, ” Master Kit said, hefting the box on his hip, “and doubt is the weapon that guards against it.

There's ways you can trust an enemy you can't always trust a friend. An enemy's never going to betray your trust.

Death, however clearly foretold, still came unexpectedly.

I choose not to believe in any gods as an act of charity, ” Marcus said. “Charity toward whom?” “Toward the gods. Seems rude to think they couldn’t make a world better than this,

I think the world is often like that.” “Like what?” “Comic, but only at the right distance.

The tenth gift is Wisdom. Guiding your way, wisdom will lead you through knowledge to understanding. May you hear its soft voice.

Flattery is like wine, which exhilarates a man for a moment, but usually ends by going to his head and making him act foolishly.

If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work.

In this Music [the singing of the angels in harmony] the World was begun; for Iluvatar made visible the song of the Ainur,and they beheld it as a light in the darkness.

The worst type of freedom we are suffering from in modern times is the freedom to lead an immoral life.

Death is a greatly overrated experience. I hated Mother's and I'm not looking forward to my own. Apart from the sorrow there are the bills to be paid. Nobody dies for free.

Life is a free fall parachute jump. Pray all the way down and hope for a safe landing.

Our law enforcement must be given every tool available to protect children from predators and parents need to know who is living in their community.

Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.

Traditional marriage between a man and a woman has been a cornerstone of our society for generations. If we are going to change that, it ought to be done by the will of the people.