The monkeys, she explained, were considered reincarnated politicians, which made Rue laugh and the stick entirely understandable.

One could not blame a people for disliking vampires. Vampires were like brussels sprouts - not for everyone and impossible to improve upon with sauce.

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

We cannot enter into the presence of God while we are rebelling against God.

Being in a marriage and having children is the greatest pleasure, but it is certainly not the easiest pleasure. It is not like eating ice cream.

It's hard to love a place that's outlawed smoking but finds it perfectly acceptable to serve raw fish in a bath of chocolate.

Evil be to him who evil thinks.

Early marriage is most prevalent in communities suffering deep, chronic poverty.

The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.

One day Jesus is going to come back and reign with perfect justice. There will be no questions about what's happened. There will be perfect justice and I look forward to that day.

I do not refer to myself as a 'housewife' for the reason that I did not marry a house.