One does not want glory accepted as a matter of course. One wants to shock and astonish people with it.

I think we ought to live happily ever after.

To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they read. Children you only need to tell things to once.

Happiness isn't a thing. You can't go out and get it like a cup of tea. It's the way you feel about things.

A heart's a heavy burden.

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

I am a believer in free will. If my dog chooses to hate the whole human race except myself, it must be free to do so.

Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

But, when she was alone, someone rapped on the door and she found herself on her feet, knife in hand, before she had time to reason with her fear.

Family does not mean people with the same last name or the same DNA. It means people who care about you, who you trust, who you care about--people you can count on.

If the Church is in Christ, its initial act is always the act of thanksgiving, of returning the world to God.

At the end of the day, with all due respect, the Jews are the ultimate victims of the twentieth century.

Nothing relieves stress like setting things on fire.

... to be human is to be on the defensive, somewhere, somehow.

Pain is a part of growing-up. It is how we learn.

So far we still don't know whether angels are ethereal beings of light without substance or if they take a solid human form with real wings which actually enable them to fly.

I date this girl for two years-and then the nagging starts: 'I wanna know your name...'

For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.