People have been bred to hate for generations -- eons, maybe. Some fundamental urge. Something implicit in the human condition.

Family is more important than anything.

Anyone hurts my family, I slap them down. A man does for family. That's one of the rules I got from my pa. His rules for being a man.

Racism, Dr. Sam. I worry for my kids about racism. Racism doesn't appear to take holidays or time off. What can I do about this stuff?

These young people are going to change the world.

Kids are important. The most important thing.

My pa maintained that there are three important parts to a man. You got the heart, the brain, and the python.

Come meet my dog.""What's the dog's name?""Justice.""Nice touch for a judge. A dog named Justice.

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

They'll want to kill the crazies first. Big fish eat little fish -- always have, always will.

Insanity is not a fit topic for high-school children.

If I simply do what I've always done, it's never failed me.

On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net.

The '70's came and went already

God asks the best we have Because He gave the Best He had.

This is a serious, serious condition that is also called postpartum psychosis. And that's where, literally, you get so bad that you end up either hurting the baby or killing yourself.

True freedom starts with absolute honesty. The moment you call a problem by its real name, you’re already learning how to make it less harmful.

If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.

Everything we see is inside our own heads.

You never heard ofplugging her in ? My God, Myrnin, you made a vampire computer?

The writer's original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader's.