A country inn is a percolator. News seeps, simmers, and bubbles.

No war can end war except a total war which leaves no human creature on earth. Each war creates the causes of war: hate, desire for revenge and have-nots, desperate with need.

Every door opens to something and it is better to go toward that something than to sit staring at the blank wall of time.

Grief is illness. You cannot breathe; you cannot walk or eat or sleep. The sickness is entire, the body and the spirit.

pity runs its course. An hour comes when no hand but your own can build your future.

Inspiration is just one requirement for being a writer. Another is keeping regular working hours.

Destiny is thrifty. To weave her tapestry, she uses even the tiniest snips of thread.

Each husband gets the infidelity he deserves.

There's no privacy for the violently dead.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

Blair has called Africa 'a scar on our conscience'. It is more. It is the gaping wound of the world's soul.

For me to become the highest paid player in the franchise, it was something I didn't anticipate. But I'm glad. I like playing for Cincinnati.

The Fox knowes much, but more he that catcheth him.

Jesus Christ was the ultimate influencer. My life has been influenced by Jesus more than anyone else.

Yesterday doesn't even look the same, and the only thing more beautiful than today is tomorrow.

Loyalty consists of many things, including being truthful with our friends. When you really disagree, you have to say so.

Why does mineral water that 'has trickled through mountains for centuries' have a 'use by' date?

I don't think it's a very Christian thing to come in by the back door rather than the front door.