In a society where people are obsessed with personal space, dogs have come to serve as welcome, neo-human mediators of loneliness and solitude.

A story that must be told never forgives silence.

that we die, our very humanity slayed, whenever we choose to remain silent in the face of tyranny.

Winter, I wrote, was akin to living inside a refrigerator.

wash off the journey

Most of the people are nice to live with, but not to do business with!

Spare functional furniture, in my opinion, is the genius of 20th-century design.

To achieve style, begin by affecting none.

Though virtue give a ragged livery, she gives a golden cognizance; if her service make thee poor, blush not. Thy poverty may disadvantage thee, but not dishonor thee.

We breathe love as we breathe air; we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us.

There are too many heavy songs out nowadays. music has been getting too heavy, almost to the state of unbearable.

War and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.

People write to me and say, 'I'm giving up, you're not talking to me.' I just write them a simple message like, 'Never give up,' you know? And it changes their life.

I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.

My best takes are my first two takes.