Life itself is an unsolved mystery", said the clergyman gravely.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

-It's extremely cool how the words can stay the same but their meaning can change.-Because the reader changes.-EXACTLY

Fate. Sounds romantic.”“You must not know anything about mythology, then, Mr. McQueen. In all the old myths, the Fates were the villains.

To learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself.

Believe me, all of you, the best way to help the places we live in is to be glad we live there.

Pakistan tries mentally challenged girl of blasphemy against the Holy Book. India arrests kids for posts on Facebook. Morbid competition?

The great thing to remember is we can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough.

Television, cable, features are always out there.

I want you to understand that your first duty is to humanity. I want others to look at us and see that we care not just about ourselves but about others.

The organ in the worship service is a sign of Baal.

In my life, all of the best things that have happened to me have almost invariably been accidents or fate.