With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

Next time, can you ask him to bring cookies? I don't like to put up with that level of insane unless there's some kind of high-calorie compensation.

Sweet, sweet burn of sun and summer wind, and you my friend, my new fun thing, my summer fling.

We can reach our world, if we will. The greatest lack today is not people or funds. The greatest need is prayer.

I'm not the biggest motorcycle fan - they're cool and a lot of fun, but they're scary as well!

I don’t want to do a cocktail party. I’d rather people left my shows and vomited.

The love of freedom, so often invigorated and disgraced by private ambition, was reduced, among the licentious Franks, to the contempt of order, and the desire of impunity.

Stars of earth, these golden flowers; emblems of our own great resurrection; emblems of the bright and better land.

I am a ghost in a land of phantoms and forgotten nightmares.

If I could say this I wouldn't have to paint.

Overcoming hardships and working around and through their obstacles to achieve an education is what I call a true success.