Yes, my dear child, monsters are real. I happen to have one hanging in my basement.

Self-pity is egotism undiluted, after all—self-centeredness in its purest form.

That's a stupid question, ' said Malachi. 'Because he didn't warn him. He didn't warn anyone.''No, it's a philosophical question, ' Kearns corrected him. 'Which makes it useless, not stupid.

I always assumed it owed more to the fact that he didn't like me.

They say no one knows the Bible better than the devil.

Dates are convenient hooks on which we can hang our memories of events. But history is all about people - people like you and me who did things to change the world.

At times I felt that the universe fabricated from the power of imagination had stronger and more lasting contours than the blurred realm of the flesh-and-blood creatures around me.

The fact is I don't drive just to get from A to B. I enjoy feeling the car's reactions, becoming part of it.

It's been a great privilege to serve the people of Pennsylvania.

We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it.

Make sure you surround yourself with positive people that will support you and push you forward and won't drag you down or get in your way.

Nothing is worse than active ignorance.

I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them.

The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.