As far as God goes, I _am_ a nonbeliever. Still am. But when it comes to a devil---well, that's something else.

But a myth, to speak plainly, to me is like a menu in a fancy French restaurant: glamorous, complicated camouflage for a fact you wouldn't otherwise swallow, like maybe lima beans.

What looked like morning was the beginning of endless night

God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials.

Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness... and perhaps even Satan - Satan, in spite of himself - somehow serves to work out the will of God.

Her shoes were comfortable. They reflected her hope for the evening.

The child was slender as fleeting hope.

We use concepts like "consciousness"---"mind"---"personality, " but we don't really know yet what these things are.' He was shaking his head. 'Not really. Not at all.

But if all of the evil in the world makes you think that there might be a devil, Chris, how do you account for all the good?

Do you know what she did? Your cunting daughter?

Please kiss that girl a million times.

A man without equals is a dangerous man indeed. He must exercise the most difficult of attributes, restraint.

If I see another game that involves a kidnapped princess, queen, king or other royal family member, I'll scream. In the same vein, I think the karate genre has been done to death.

I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.

We are a democratic, egalitarian people who spend our days desperately trying to climb over each other.

We walk the same path, but got on different shoes, live in the same building, but we got different views

The story of the Jews in the Bible is replete with incidents of their ingratitude to God for His gifts to them: incidents that just as repeatedly merit and receive punishment.

What a great thing is understanding! It is priceless. No man can give greater pleasure to his fellow man than by understanding him.

I could not work for a long time. I don't spend very much money. Basically I spend money on food and DVDs.

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.