My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.

No love is greater than that of a father for His son.

Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

I love the gray area between right and wrong.

Our minds sometimes see what our hearts wish were true.

Nobody tells you what you can and can't do.

Neutrinos have mass? i didn't even know they're Catholic!" Robert to Vittoria

…In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.

Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.

Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light.

The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It’s called Denial.

Hurried reading can never be good reading

Though I knew in my mind that others had felt such loss, this loss was mine, and I felt that no one would ever understand it, and to try to explain the lonliness and pain I felt would be futile.

Listening ears are soothing for a heart that needs peace.

Some hae meat and canna eat And some wad eat that want it But we hae meat and we can eat And sae the Lord be thankit.

Risk is the increased consequence of failure.

You've got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.

I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel.

If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.

The Spirit is both a builder and a dweller. He cannot dwell where he has not built; He builds to dwell and dwells in only what he has built.

I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years.