contemplating the misfortunes of others does not lighten one's own trouble but instead adds to it.

The complexity of human relationships is never simple to follow; it is like intricate lacework, but lacework made of steel.

I seat myself at the typewriter and hope, and lurk.

Murder is a plant of slow growth.

A request not to worry is perhaps the least soothing message capable of human utterance.

murder is not polite.

A request not to worry ... is perhaps the least soothing message capable of human utterance.

God is the only book that can never be touched, open and seen.

A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.

No sin which we are capable of committing has ever taken God by surprise for He knew we were just like that.

There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see you.

My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention.

Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.

One cannot watch chimpanzee infants for long without realizing that they have the same emotional need for affection and reassurance as human children.

We have a chance for racial solidarity because all of us, unless you're in the top 1 percent, are really struggling in this economy.

Clean coal represents a breakthrough in the marketing of coal, but not in the science of burning coal.