It is a maxim that will endure: To truly know the living God, this begets humility.

Thou art never at any time nearer to God than when under tribulation; which He permits for the purification and beautifying of thy soul.

With the wind of tribulation God separates in the floor of the soul, the chaff from the corn.

That's what America's all about, man, if it's about anything. You can choose your own name.

The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected.

Makeup's just crazy, anyways. Native Americans used to wear it, and it did all right for them until, uh ... well, until you killed them all, I suppose.

Accelerando means in tempo. Don't rush.

The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.

Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past.

My mom was a phoenix who always expected to rise again from the ashes of her latest disaster... She loved being Judy Garland.

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.

Mediocrity always attacks excellence.

You have to be great friends and make each other laugh. We laugh a lot and neither is jealous of the other.