Mirrors are dangerous things. They can just as easily tell us what we don't like as what we do. Yet in truth you can't tell anything from a reflection, as a reflection is actually empty.

The bustle in a houseThe morning after deathIs solemnest of industriesEnacted upon earth, --The sweeping up the heart, And putting love awayWe shall not want to use againUntil eternity

There is no society in human history that ever suffered because its people became too reasonable.

...one opportunity leads directly to another, just as risk leads to more risk, life to more life, and death to more death.

The possibilities of prayer are found in its allying itself with the purposes of God for God's purposes and man's praying are the combination of all potent and omnipotent forces.

Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.

These palm trees like my old homeboys, hella shady

I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets.

[Dario Argento] would yell at you in Italian, and I'd have no idea what he was saying. I'd just go, "Okay!". But it was a really great experience [filming Two Evil Eyes ].

Lent is a good time for sacrificing. Let us deny ourselves something every day to help others.

My mother was Irish and she was superstitious, if you'll forgive the tautology.