Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.

everything happens for a reason.

...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.

it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

What a schmuck!

...It is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

But like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so

I see little commercial potential for the Internet for at least ten years.

I do recall how I got the ideas for some of my books. Many of them are a result of doodling.

My grandma would quote Abraham Lincoln all the time: "Whatever you do in life, be a good one."

As the most religious country of the 18 surveyed, the U.S. also comes in with the highest rates for teen pregnancy and for gonorrhea and syphilis.

I find drawing a useful outlet for ideas for which there is not time enough to realize as sculpture... And I sometimes draw just for its own enjoyment.

My attitude towards him is an attitude towards a soul. I am not of the opinion that he has a soul. . . .

Once the truth is denied to human beings, it is pure illusion to try to set them free. Truth and freedom either go together hand in hand or together they perish in misery.

The complaint that church is boring is never made by people in awe.

The less money you owe, the less income you'll need and the less you'll have to save for tomorrow.

Thou art all the comfort, The Gods will diet me with.