The waves of regret were gentle, but I knew they would ripple on forever.

Eternal truths are ultimately invisible, and you won't find them in material things or natural phenomena, or even in human emotions.

Why was everyone dying? They had all been so alive just yesterday.

He preferred smart questions to smart answers.

I couldn't reach him from here even if I tried.

They say it'll be even hotter tomorrow. that's how we spend the summer. complaining about the heat.

And round about there is a rabbleOf the filthy, sturdy, unkillable infants of the very poor.They shall inherit the earth.

If he'd looked like a cross between Mr. Clooney and, say, one of the hobbits, I probably would have been far more capable of coherent thought.

Her education only made her unhappy thinking about it - that no matter how much she changed her life, she could not change the world that surrounded her.

You can be walking down the street for a chat, but until you've got the selfie out of the way, people aren't ready to talk.

They're such different things [Townies and Lonesome Dove]. I certainly love them both. Certainly Lonesome Dove would be way hard now, because, I mean, back then I wasn't married.

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

We are deceived by the appearance of right.

Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!

I encourage everyone to know that God has a plan for their life and that God never makes a mistake even though it seems like He is not listening or paying attention sometimes.

when men in politics are together, testosterone poisoning makes them insane.