The Islamic Revolution, as it turned out, did more damage to Islam by using it as an instrument of oppression than any alien ever could have done.

...these sleepless nights, when oddly enough my concentration was high, fueled perhaps by the effort to ignore the all-engrossing threat of bombs and rockets.

And even with the book closed, the voices do not stop--there are echoes and reverberations that seem to leap off the pages and mischievously leave the novel tingling in our ears.

The truth is that James, like many other great writers and artists, had chosen his own loyalties and nationality. His true country, his home, was that of the imagination.

My toe as a lethal weapon!

I went on and on, and as I continued, I became more righteous in my indignation. It was the sort of anger one gets high on, the kind one takes home to show off to family and friends.

She looked not so much composed as drawn inward. She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time.

[V]alue your dreams but . . . be wary of them also, . . . look for integrity in unusual places.

I'm sure I'll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.

You’re perfect! You have everything you need to fulfill your purpose.

Panic bells, it's red alertThere's something hereFrom somewhere elseThe war machine springs to lifeOpens up one eager eyeFocusing it on the skyWhere 99 red balloons go by

Some people suffer from the green-eyed monster called envy.

Each new generation is a fresh invasion of savages.

I might say that what amateurs call a style is usually only the unavoidable awkwardnesses in first trying to make something that has not heretofore been made.

Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then... Well, then I woke up.

A star can win any game; a team can win every game.

The secret of following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

A thought will color a world for us.