Mutual defiance made them alike.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

The natural order of life is not the thinking and imagination, but living in the moment, with absolute trust.

Do what you can today. And keep working up until you can do everything you want to do in the day, every day.

Oh tell me again how you are saving me.Oh tell me again how you are leaving me.Take care, sweetheart. Play fair, sweetheart.Living different lives in empty beds.

A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.

Your salvation depends on what [Christ] has done for you, not on what you do for Him. It isn't your hold on God that saves you. It's His hold on you.

And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.

We can escape from everything, but not from ourselves.

But the more poetry one reads the more one longs to read!

When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.

We do not change as we grow up. The difference between the child and the adult is that the former doesn't know who he is and the latter does.