There was a silence. Then Paul looked at Alex. 'She knows Chesterton.' 'She lives,' said Alex.

My parents reverted to their Catholic faith through the charismatic renewal, so I was raised charismatic.

The boys at school are so degenerate that it makes one feel pessimistic about the future of the male gender in general.

Some scars never heal. And he sounds like he has a lot of them.' 'But Christ had scars too, even on His risen Body. Wounds in this life become glory in the next.

How do you say 'bring me sausage and eggs or I'll slit your throat' in Italian?" "Look it up in the phrase book.

It was Night. In most places, Night is a time for sleep, for calm, and for mystery. But not in New York City, where many things conspired every evening to murder the night.

Bear heard Rose in the background saying, 'Why thank you, Mr. Fish.' 'Good redhead. Helpful redhead,' Fish returned.

My skin's too white." she said. Says who, Snow White?" he said, touching her cheek lightly with one hand.

For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction.

Blanche, prosaic in a pale yellow sweater and blue jeans, was wondering again if anything mattered—-life, faith--specifically, finishing homework assignments.

Oh, but a real princess would know that hard work ennobles the soul,' Rose objected. 'That would be one of the signs.

I have always been fascinated by the ocean, to dip a limb beneath its surface and know that I'm touching eternity, that it goes on forever until it begins here again.

It's like it ain't so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.

Dance must have a precision without fault.

You can never escape me. Bullets don't harm me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I KNOW pain. Sometimes I share it. With someone like you.

The mirror never sees itself. The reflection never is itself.

Revolutions have always started in cafés.

I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared.

The basis of the spiritual path is the development in ourselves of what is truly balanced, natural, and meaningful.

When you kill 500,000 children in order to impose your will on other countries, then you shouldn't be surprised when somebody responds in kind.

I don't say it in the Indian fashion that is hypocritically. I say it sincerely because, instead of hatred, I feel great compassion for Mujib Rahiman.