And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.

He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.

In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.

When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.

But is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?

She wants you to be a god, " I told him."I know." His face twisted with embarrassment, and in spite of itself my heart lightened. It was such a boyish response. And so human. Parents, everywhere.

Patroclus, ' he said. He was always better with words than I.

For who can be ashamed to lose to such beauty?

Wealth and reputation were the things our people had always killed for.

There is no honour in betraying your friends.

This and this and this.

For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose.

It is a choice, and therefore within the province of economics.

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain.

Insanity is a lack of proportion.

I'm bothered by the fact that stupid people don't spontaneously combust, which they should.

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their confidence in the true

Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government

Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools.

*Throwing bread out of door* AND STAY OUT!