Since my arrival in Rome, I have had many opportunities to wonder if compassion’s opposite is cruelty, or to reflect whether or not indifference would serve as a better black to its white.

He wore the memory of her embrace like armor, and though he knew it would not save his life, it would be all that was left to him to ease his passage into whatever lay beyond.

We would soon be on our way to war, where mercy is unwise and kindness has no place.

Why can’t I remember that not once have I ever seen a coin, whether grimy copper or bright gold, that had but one side.

Ignorance is an underrated virtue, my lord.

Pride costs nothing, yet it is especially precious when it can be “purchased” at someone else’s expense.

Some men simply refuse to appear insulted. But then, having felt the sting from the slap on their cheek, know just where to slip the knife, their smile never fading.

I advise, however, moderation in this task of setting goals, or else risk becoming tangled up in a Gordian knot of life’s many disappointments.

Oh, the unintended consequences of perfidy!

Christianity is not a white man’s religion and don’t let anybody ever tell you that it’s white or black. Christ belongs to all people

My Christmas was a sum total of the ministrations of adults, usually adults who wanted me to encourage my parents to buy something for me to consume and discard.

I've been in silly movies and romantic movies and historic movies.

God rescues us by breaking us, by shattering our strength and wiping out our resistance.

The life insurance industry is filled with good people who believe in their work and their companies, but who may never have challenged the assumptions underlying their efforts.

The earth is, of course, not the geometric center of the universe. But it is certainly the center of our lives.

I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!

I'm the kind of person [who] when I'm doing a play, and even when I'm working, I don't do anything else. When I'm working, I just work.

But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

My parents are great listeners Which is why I never tell them anything