Haven't you ever thought of livingunconsciously like bears, sniffing the earth, close to pears and the mossy dark, far from human voices and

My head bows before the thing you mention.But my heart doesn't speak that lan

Most animals are like people-and like good people

The strangest of our powersIs the courage to liveKnowing that we will die, Knowing nothing more

The beeches deep in snow, I walk the dark woodsIn sorrow, sorrow.Your hand, where is your

I like the sound of rain more than my

Never mind the stillness -the deep sleeps to

I can't promise to becalm, dignified, and indifferent, like a rock by the sea...If my heart's going to break, let it break from anger, grief, or

The cloth cap on my headdoesn't tellwhat's in it.

The worstis when people - knowingly or not -carry prison inside thems

Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort.

If you could disagree with kings, were gods so far above?

God is constantly on the move. I cannot stay where I am and follow God at the same time

To the extent that tenure supports academic freedom, I support tenure. I want no person or system to have any power, real or apparent, to chill academic freedom.

One of the advantages of pure congregational singing is that you can join in the singing whether you have a voice or not. The disadvantage is that your neighbor can do the same.

Free will I have often heard of, but I have never seen it. I have always met with will, and plenty of it, but it has either been led captive by sin or held in the blessed bonds of grace.

I'm going to shoot somebody," Maddie said. "Sawyer hates when people do that. It's a whole bunch of paperwork.

Race is a universal flaw in humanity. So yes, I've been in many situations where I've felt like the outsider because of the color of my skin.

The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain

All writers are discontent. That's because they're aware of a potential and believe they're not reaching it.