Two or three tons of rock can really get you down-and keep you there.

Why are people so unkind?

Anyone can admire creation. Only a barbarian sees the beauty in demolition.

A good whack on the head usually has the same effect.

The Cabal mocks the natural order. For its minions, death is just a pause between duties.

Destruction is the work of an afternoon. Creation is the work of a lifetime.

True strength lies in action. Let the weak react to me.

My mind has changed. My strength has not.

I didn't come to play. I came to win.

There is no greater burden than choosing who to save.

The only kind of water that should fly through the air is rain.

No story is worth telling without the twists and turns. Make them count instead.

The saddest words I can ever imagine would be to hear the Lord say, “I never knew you. Away from Me” [Matthew 7:23 NIV].

Acknowledging awesomeness is powerful, contagious, important and necessary!

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

I go to the dentist every six months, I get a cleaning, so... I'm fortunate enough that those fluoride treatments as a child worked. Not getting any cavities.

The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art.

Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.

Cats sleep in a state of total abandon, and I find that state very interesting in people as well.

I was managing editor for a while [in National Lampoon ], and it does cause business problems when your circulation goes up.