The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food.

A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility.

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.

My dreams were at once more fantastic and agreeable than my writings.

The stuff of nightmares is not only relegated to unconscious thoughts upon a pillow, safely beneath an eiderdown.

My dreams were all my own I accounted for them to nobody they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves.

He once told me that an August evening was "as hot as three toads in a Cuisinart, " a comparison that left me blinking two days later.

It really sucks when good things are being hated over the bad one.

God delays but doesn't forget.

The view of Earth is spectacular.

The claws of Truth were painful. The lies tore away like scabs, and John bled there for hours, stifling his cries of pain in the sleeve of his overcoat - the overcoat he'd received from his father.

Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life: Such a Way as gives us breath: Such a Truth as ends all strife: Such a Life as killeth death.

Jesus took His place in a manger so that we might have a home in Heaven.

Oh, God, Alaska, I love you. I love you,' and the Colonel whispered, 'I'm so sorry, Pudge. I know you did,' and I said, 'No. Not past tense.

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to have some kind of guiding principle. A belief of some kind

Man stands in materialism; you and I are materialists. Our talking about God and Spirit is good; but it is simply the vogue in our society to talk thus: we have learnt it parrot-like and repeat it.