I think the failure of The American church to affirm the goodness of civilizational life is our greatest failing today.

Impact people’s lives positively

You've got to marinate your head, in that time and culture.You've got to become them."(Speaking about researching, and reading, and immersing yourself in History)

Of all ghosts, the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.

Ultimately, the only way to make good friends is to become a good friend yourself. Good people gather around other good people.

I have weird aspirations. Like, I really want to kick a pigeon.

Sometimes you gotta look yourself in the mirror and say, 'You are the prettiest princess in all the land.' I do it once a week.

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree.

I've been writing poems and stories since I was about 13.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one's self a fool.

You are NOT what you eat, you are what you digest and assimilate.