I’m a holiday Christian at best and I’d never given much thought to demons. They were an adult version of the boogieman hiding in every kid’s closet.

The body tries to stop the mind from killing itself, no matter the cost. It is only the lack of strength, the fatigue that lets the jumpers fall at last.

Things had improved after he was born. We both loved him with such fervor that it was impossible that some wouldn’t splash back on us.

I have never tried to walk through a mall in the Christmas season dressed like a jolly old elf. You might as well dress up like a pork chop and walk into an alley full of starving dogs.

The wolf Lupa had told him that mortal minds could believe just about anything—except the truth.

Sorry doesn’t make anything better. It’s just a word to fill the space of a loss of words.

I fear oblivion' he said. "I fear it like a proverbial blind man fears the dark

When the negative thoughts come - and they will they come to all of us - it's not enough to just not dwell on it... You've got to replace it with a positive thought.

I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers.

To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation - is that good for the world?

I've got lots of good friends. I could have affairs. I can read a book all night, put the cat on the end of the bed. I can pick up my passport and go to France. I don't have to ask anybody.

What the Way is to the world, the stream is to the river and the sea.

Those who satisfy the wants of a smaller number of people only collect fewer votes-dollars-than those who satisfy the wants of more people.

Summer has always been my favorite season. I feel happier.