All the courtesies in the world do not cover up the one vital and massive discourtesy.

He was one of those young men who possess an impressive store of facts, but no truths.

The author explains that some find recourse from injustice in literature and art but that these tend to deepen sensitivity to injustice rather than dull it.

If virtue does not equal powers, powers will be misused.

It was a little thing, but on top of the other little things, it broke something in me.

Your blanks have been filled in far differently from those of a child grown up in the filth and poverty

In the context of today, this WAS heroism.

We fill too many gutters while we argue unimportant points and confuse issues.

A law is not good merely because the legislature wills it, but the legislature has the mortal duty to will only that which is good.

He showed me the lowest. I had to surmise the highest.

If the judgement makes the law and not the law directs the judgement, it is impossible there should be such a thing as an illegal judgement given.

Since we are not in the League of Nations in any case, we do not devote our attention to reflecting on its internal reforms.

What is not yet done is only what we have not yet attempted to do.

The reason why wicked men and devils hate God is, because they see Him in relation to themselves. Their hearts rise up in rebellion, because they see Him opposed to their selfishness.

My ex—may he soon discover tiny worms have invaded his body and are slowly eating him alive—once told me God made men so perfect because He'd wanted to make up for the inadequacies of women.

What? I'm not ashamed to admit that random things remind me of Harry Potter.

I fight authority and authority always wins.

If you cross a line and nothing happens, the line loses meaning.

I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.

I'm not a fan of 'Gone With the Wind.' I didn't like the movie. I didn't like the book.

I would love to do something for TV... I wanna do 'Kavalier & Clay' on HBO as an eight-parter. It'll be so much better as a series, honestly.