The extra calories needed for one hour of intense mental effort would be completely met by eating one oyster cracker or one half of a salted peanut.

If you take care of everything inside of you, God will take care of everything outside of you.

He's stubborn, " Tux warned in a singsong tone."Stay out of this, " Mark spat."And touchy, " Tux added.

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.

there is evil everywhere under the sun.

You don’t break up with someone just because of an argument, Josh. At least, I don’t.

Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.

When you're in prison, you can't do anything about what's happening outside.

Don't write about trying to change the world, just write about a changed world or a world that's not changing. Let that do the work.

Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other.

I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.