Every person should embrace those [dogmas] that he, being the best judge of himself, feels will do most to strengthen in him love of justice.

The purpose of the state is really freedom.

Scriptural doctrine contains not abstruse speculation or philosophic reasoning, but very simple matters able to be understood by the most sluggish mind.

If Scripture were to describe the downfall of an empire in the style adopted by political historians, the common people would not be stirred.

A writer’s primary goal is to make sense. The bookstore’s is to make cents.

Tonight they granted at least one wish, ” I whispered, and I lowered my head so our lips drifted over one another. “I love you Adam, no matter how lost you are…or I am…I will only ever love you.

Pride is a hard thing to let go but is it really worth your all

He’s America in action — opposed to quality.

With all respect to Mr. Jefferson, I would put the pursuit of wisdom ahead of the pursuit of happiness.

We have enough experiences in a day to make art for a decade.

I love Lady Gaga and I love Katy Perry and R&B and rap music... I love big, American pop music.

Most beings enjoy existence so time comes into being.

I don't know who said it, but it really kind of hit me hard in the stomach: "The only difference between all of us is that some of us were loved and some of us weren't."

I always say that if you're a novelist, the challenge is not writing what you think ought to happen, but trying in some way to write what did happen in a world that doesn't necessarily exist.