One of the problems I have with many writers is their stories are all somewhat similar. They might be very good, but they're always on the same turf. I don't have those limitations.

God would not have made the universe as it is unless He intended us to understand it.

The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.

God [is] the author of the universe, and the free establisher of the laws of motion.

... even when we find not what we seek, we find something as well worth seeking as what we missed.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of mans redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation.

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.

From a knowledge of His work, we shall know Him.

For 3 Million you could give everyone in Scotland a shovel, and we could dig a hole so deep we could hand her over to Satan in person.

We are addicted to money and our obsession with it is leading to the destruction of our planet.

The food chain has victims at both ends: even rapists and murderers need someone to look down on, and kid killers will do nicely.

New York has always been a place where it is possible to have memories without the experience that conventionally precede them.

I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

The birth and rebirth of all nature, / The passing of winter and spring, / We share with the life universal, / Rejoice in the magical ring.

Something of eternal significance transpired there. Not only was the calendar of the world changed, but heaven itself and eternity were affected.

The foolhardy are not necessarily stupid, for fools simply follow their imagination whereas the stupid have none.

I have tried to maintain civil relationships with everyone I meet - and, even if I violently disagree with them, try to be respectful.

If you don't have an idea, all you have is style.

Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different.