Death, is not an end, but a transition crisis. All the forms of decay are but masks of regeneration--the secret alembics of vitality.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

It's all right to have expectations in marriage. Just remember to keep them at the feet of Jesus, not at the feet of your spouse

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

Dont you know... I'm the boggyman."-St. Dane

I must have made a good impression because a club official to us into his office and asked me if I would sign on for a year with a view to becoming a professional.

My hope when I wrote the first book was that I would get to do it again. But it was not entirely clear that that would happen.

To be the equal of reality you must learn how to ignore it without danger.

It's so nice to have sane friends. I imagine.

Every match in the Euro is a dance on a razor's edge.

Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn't look like somebody else's work.