I wake up in that state of grief when you can tell you've been mourning even in your sleep.

There's no book that absolutely everyone loves.

The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses.

It's gratifying to know that you've appeared in someone else's dreams. It's proof that you exist, in a way, proof that you have substance and value outside the walls of your own mind.

I can't take one breath, not one single breath, without knowing that I love you.

Perhaps she saw before her a lifetime of walking on the ruined earth and chose instead a single moment in the air.

Sometimes I wonder how we can be so sure what it is God sees. How arrogant we are, I sometimes think, to imagine there's someone watching us every minute. To think our every action matters that much.

The simplest thing that can be said about any person, any relationship, is that it's not simple at all.

I'm not going to feel guilty for wanting the things that everyone wants.

It's true, isn't it, that each of us has two hearts? The secret heart, curled behind like a fist, living gnarled and shrunken beneath the plain, open one we use every day.

Because for most of us, suicide is a moment we'll never choose. It's only for people like Lexy, who know they might choose eventually, who believe they have a choice to make.

Man is what he believes – believe in yourself

in our age there is no such thing as " keeping out of politics " all issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and .

The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep.

It may be doubted whether any repentance is genuine which is not repentance for sin rather than sins

The impact of improving health is that the population growth goes down, and so you can educate more kids, feed more kids.

I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say ‘we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage’...

Apart from anything else, I find boots are too hot except in wintry weather. At home I usually wear a sweater, shirt and slacks.

Why accept failure when success is free?

Maybe because I didn't have a huge film career right off the bat, I've been able to create something different, which is so important to me. That's myself, my idea of who I am.

Well you know you’re really dedicated to something when you lie about being hurt so no one will make you stop