the only thing that really gets hurt when you try and change time is yourself.

There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened.

The light was only just visible - except of course that there was no one to see, no witnesses, not this time, but it was nevertheless a light.

If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?

The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone.

Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.

Gilks sighed. ‘You’re a clever man, Cjelli, I grant you that, ’ he said, ‘but you make the samemistake a lot of clever people do of thinking everyone else is stupid.

Truth is the lie you once told returning to haunt you

One thing I do believe is I'm a believer in the presence of God. I believe that God is close. Whether it's in joy, pain or personal failure, I believe that God is close. That much I feel in my life.

As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year which gave me access to the Harvard system.

People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else.

When you listen to nature, it may still be difficult to live a life, but it's inspiring.

The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that's just obvious stuff. Why would you do that in the middle of a war? It's just crazy.

It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

A three-year-old is not half a six-year-old.

When you step further into the story you came to live, not only does the mythic territory open, but the deep self moves and the world of imagination and meaning comes towards you.

Gotta realize that all you are is all you got.