nations never see themselves clearly in the mirror, much less when war preys on their minds

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.

Remember me, even if it's only in a corner and secretly. Don't let me go.

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.

Never trust girls who let themselves be touched right away. But even less those who need a priest for approval.

The moment you stop to think about whether you love someone, you've already stopped loving that person forever.

Books hold no passports. There's only one true literary tradition: the human.

Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art.

Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.

People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.

Thank you Bjork Peterson for a wonderful review of my new book "Why We Love Serial Killers" @readingghost

To obey the commands of Scripture can finally become a delight when we see that the reasons almost always center around God's love and provision for us in Christ.

Together, we're going to finish the job we started.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Provided that the City of London remains, as it is at present, the clearing-house of the world, any other nation may be its workshop.

People who talk a lot about their victimization make me uncomfortable. It's as if they use their suffering as weapons or badges of some kind.

My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff. He was really a hugely encouraging force to me when I was little.

You can't escape moral judgment through a legal loop hole.

I want your mind. Your strength. I want to be worth your time.

This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to this country.