To reread a book is to read a different book. The reader is different. The meaning is different.

This pain is comfort. It is the solace of physicality, like a touch.

Doing nothing was as honourable as any available course of action. Think of Hamlet, think of Job, think of Jesus before Pilate.

I stare out at the real world projected on the windows

His suffering was no more real than he was.

Reality, it seems, is not a flat plane, but has as many veils as an onion has skins.

For someone to be perfect, they must be real, however imperfect they are.

It is a matter of mere coincidence that there is often a real individual who corresponds with a celebrity, signifies them.

You need to bridge the gap between reality and freedom. Drugs are the bridge.

I feel underslept but overjoyed. Nothing feels so good as this.

Is the writer cruel that makes his characters suffer only to bring them to triumph or tragedy in the end?

Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend, ' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.

Regarding the fitness craze: America has lost its soul

Oh what a valiant faculty is hope.

You cannot have a happy ending to a miserable journey.

I was thoroughly stunned by the quantity and quality of the evidence for Christ.

Doing small things with love is the atom of bravery.

What could be better in al-Qaeda's mind than to have India and Pakistan going at each other? What more to further their aims?

Im not one of those authors who claims to hear voices in my head or let the characters speak through me, whatever that might mean.

It's very important to set your place in a concrete environment. I think Chekhov said that the important thing when you have a play or any kind of novel is to set the roots in a concrete place.

Many things would be changed for Americans if they would only admit that there is ill-luck in this world and that misfortune is not a priori a crime.