Are we praying?" "If you have to ask, you probably aren't.

My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they will not be meek.

She placed her hands, one on each of his shoulders, stood on her toes and kissed him on the lips. He waited, enjoying the moment like none before.

I am a teacher. I should be giving tests, not taking them.

Slavery stands as an affront to human dignity.

I am an educated black woman in a time when educated black people will be called upon to risk everything for the rights of black people everywhere.

We are free, but we are not equal. We are free, but not as free as other people in this land are free.

Everyone loves a girl who can rise to a crisis.

Criticism involves taking a position, Mr. Day. How long has it been since you took a considered position on anything important?

Only one person can own any plate at a time. It belongs to the pitcher, or it belongs to the batter, Aiken, but not to both. You understand.

Do a lot of questions mean you are really smart or really dumb?

What is it that doesn’t allow you to go to moksha? Obstinacy!

If not his life, Rustom Iraqiwalla wanted his death to be worth something.

Maturity is about Challenging yourself and Improving!And then taking that experience to help others...

I don't know how much you know about Zen, but you'll know less when I'm done with you.

With a little more deliberation in the choice of their pursuits, all men would perhaps become essentially students and observers, for certainly their nature and destiny are interesting to all alike.

Love isn't rational, it's instinctive

We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist.

And during my college, at the end of the junior year I worked in a mine.

If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them.

At this point, realism is perhaps the least adequate means of understanding or portraying the incredible realities of our existence.