She had never really listened to anyone in her life; which, some said, was why she had survived.

Against a dark sky, all flowers look like fireworks.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.

Emotions enthrall, but change, and as such have the ability to disrupt and destroy.

Of all the stories I have read about heroes, and all that I could ever read, of one thing I'm certain-he is mine.

Why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?

ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction.

This is less teaching than damage control. You may as well paint a house that’s on fire.

If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building.

I don't like seeing her this delicate.

I'm not sure why I like cats so much. I mean, they're really cute obviously. They are both wild and domestic at the same time.

Xenon? What kind of name is that?” – Nick “The only kind I answer to.” – Xenon “Don’t eat the help, X. We need him.” – Caleb

Hunger is a powerful persuader if it happens, and it's conceivable that it could happen. Country people have always known this.