… Shannon’s fingers itched to smash the man in the face. Inside his head he kept telling himself, Keep cool, baby, absolutely cool.

We receive the authority when we are born again. As we are made new creatures in Christ Jesus, we inherit the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and we can use it in prayer against the enemy.

It seemed to me that, no matter what endeavor I was involved in, I was to be something of a sham.

She doesn't recognize the number—none of her friends use their phones as phones anymore.

Its hard to pretend to love someone when you don't but its harder to pretend that you don't love someone when you really do..

To sing of Wars, of Captains, and of Kings/Of Cities founded, Common-wealths begun/For my mean Pen are too superior things.

It is important to find a publisher and equally important not to be noticed until your third or fourth book.

Football is becoming all about money. I would like to be in a lift with Gordon Brown and say, 'Please do something about football.'

Do not place hope in finding a secret technique. Polish the mind through ceaseless training; that is the key to effective techniques.

Why does man have reason if he can only be influenced by violence?

When you know that something is dying inside you, you learn not to put much trust in the random vitalities of the fleeting moment.