No one can tell you what your heart should feel.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

There is no doubt that nations come to an end when they have ceased to fulfill the function that God meant for them.

Conscience is our wisest counselor and teacher, our most faithful and most patient friend.

I love films. I love music. I love poetry and stories. All of that I feel… I sort of get very excited and fed by.

If we hearken to counsel, we shall be the best people in the world; we shall be as a bright light set upon a hill, that cannot be hid, or like a candle upon a candlestick.

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated.

Freedom released the energies of the masses not by exhilarating but by unbalancing, irritating, and goading.

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.

You have to have a vision and know that it's worth seeing it through. Other than that, just be true to your heart.

I yearned to get better; I told myself I was getting better. In fact, the depression was still there, like a powerful undertow. Sometimes it grabbed me, yanked me under; other times, I swam free.