The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.

It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.

The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.

A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know that he sees it.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.

Some people stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

If we don’t communicate, we certainly can’t get much done and if we don’t communicate authentically, what we get done is less effective.

A stranger is a friend you have not met before.

It's a very good historical book about history.

I kept having chills. This was in the middle of the summer and I was wearing a sheepskin jacket and I was chilling. I was shaking all over.

For I am verily persuaded the generality of preachers talk of an unknown and unfelt Christ; and the reason why congregations have been so dead is, because they have had dead men preaching to them.

Libraries Are Neccessary Gardens, Unsurpassed At Growing Excitement

The Pell Grant is more than a financial aid program for college students in need. It is the right thing to do for America's college students, and it is the right thing to do for America's economy.

Rowdy Roddy cut his locks; but don't worry woman, he's still a fox.

When my books came out, they started selling but they started selling at a relatively consistent but low pace. And they started to pick up the pace.

And my Saab is so great I'm gonna marry it.