... as Eskimo language is to snow, so archaic English is to 'metal objects designed to cause harm'.

The woman was simply leaving us alone with our future, the future she wouldn't be a part of. She didn't know how to do it or what it was, but she was trying to give it to us.

It's raining outside. How did you get here? And how did you get to be twenty-eight?

Chess is a game with simple rules and pieces, a small sixty-four-space board, but there are more possible chess games than there are atoms in the universe.

Another teen friendship, another tiny mysterious universe.

[A]ny being with thesupposed capacity to create the logically impossible must himself be logically impossible.

It's a sad situation when you have to talk crap about other organizations that you know your paths are never going to cross competitively.

Reality Hunger is more than thought-provoking; it's one of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time.

Stressing the God-centered life can lead to an otherworldly withdrawal from everyday earthly life.

One thing and one thing alone keeps us from complete decay in this hour - the church, the true Church.

People call me a bedroom electronic musician, which I suppose I am. But I hate most electronic music; I find it really boring.

I would like it if people would think that beyond Newman, there's a spirit that takes action, a heart, and a talent that doesn't come from my blue eyes.

I probably have become more infamous from two misdemeanors than probably anyone I could think of.

A productive mistake is: (1) made in the service of mission and vision; (2) acknowledged as a mistake; (3) learned from; (4) considered valuable; (5) shared for the benefit of all.

What sweet, what happy days had I,When dreams made Time Eternity!