Innocence as we understand it in our culture is very theatrical. The flip side is, if youre charming enough, you can get away with anything.

The complexity of the world is so overwhelming and so present to everyone.

Graduate school is a really supportive environment, but in a way, it was only when that support vanished that I flourished.

The most shocking act, closely examined, is just a louder version of some habitual gesture.

I didn't grasp that desire and duty could rival each other, least of all that they most often did.

He who cannot swim should neither chase the dolphins nor play with sharks. For him disaster awaits like sunrise.

To be filled with bliss and harmony on earth is a reflection of heaven order

I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again.

The only reason why anything virtuous or lively survives in us is this, 'the LORD is there'" (Ez. 35:10)

Holy service in constant fellowship with God is heaven below

If I lived in Massachusetts, I'd try to vote ten times ... Yeah that's right, I'd cheat to keep these bastards out. I would. Because that's exactly what they are.

The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion.

In a museum in Havana, there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus, one when he was a boy and one when he was a man