I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?

Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my mental health justify the risks.

There are so many weird people that nobody takes any notice. We all just fit right in.

I asked you here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up call and make the changes for their own reasons.

Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.

Restaurants are minefields for the socially inept

Fortunately, I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently.

All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person.

You’re unbelievable,’ said Rosie. ‘Look at me when I’m talking.’ I kept looking out the window. I was already over-stimulated. ‘I know what you look like.

The unity of the Bible is one of the wonderful proofs of the inspiration of God's Word- that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God.

Not to follow the dharma leads to disaster. Life will be unhappy.

There is a two-fold solemnity which belongs to the dying hour-it is the winding up of life, and it is the commencement of eternity.

We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character.

There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.

Men become cannibals of their own hearts; remorse, regret, and restless impatience usurp the place of more wholesome feeling: every thing seems better than that which is.

I love Christmas. Frosty the Snowman, peace on Earth and mangers, Salvation Army bell ringers and reindeer, the movie 'Meet Me in St. Louis,' office parties and cookies.

There cannot be peace in the Middle East without giving Palestinians their full rights.

Yes, there is weeping, even in heaven, but it is for those who are still crawling on the earth.

Prayer is the key that unlocks all the storehouses of God's. . .grace and power.