So it is with grief where, if all goes well, can come a strengthening of the inner world, of memory and definition.

I thought at the time that I couldn't be horrified anymore, or wounded. I suppose that's a common conceit, that you've already been so damaged that damage itself, in its totality, makes you safe.

Knowing we’re saved by grace but still living under the law makes for a spiritually neurotic person.

I'm a living abortion.

I feel that it's the music, not anything else, that matters.

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one.

Jesus didn't go around condemning people. The Bible says it's the goodness of God that leads people to repentance.

A knowledge of and the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail.

War is just one more big government program.

I have no doubt there are magician psychopaths, and magician serial killers. I doubt Brakebills admissions is very good at screening for those.

He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.