Quite the most Christian thing that has happened in my lifetime is the Welfare State.

Christianity must mean everything to us before it can mean anything to others.

It is, I think, good evidence of life after death

When you feel life's slow, run !

Oh, for eloquence to plead the cause of China, for a pencil dipped in fire to paint the condition of this people.

It turns out that our intuition is a greater genius than we are.

I loved her for so long. Our past trails behind us like a comet's tail, the future stretched out before us like the universe. Things happen. People get lost and love breaks.

I was born and grew up in Vandalia, Illinois, a small town of about 6,000. It was farm country, and this was the little county seat.

When good Americans die, they go to Paris,' the ghost said, after taking a drag on a small cigarette. But you’re not dead. I suppose the question must be, are you good?

There’s no point in fighting the tide. It ebbs. It flows. You ride it.

It was an act of devotion. A little like writing or loving someone — it doesn’t always feel worthwhile, but not giving up somehow creates unexpected meaning over time.

You get to a certain age, and you feel the need to reward yourself just for existing.

When all else fails, go for the ego.