It's only adults who read the top layers most of the time. I think children read the internal meanings of everything.

Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful.

As for style of writing if one has anything to say it drops from him simply and directly as a stone falls to the ground.

The themes that make one laugh always stem from poverty, hunger, misery, old age, sickness, and death. These are the themes that make Italians laugh, anyway.

I'm tired of pretending like I'm not bitching, a total fricking rock star from Mars...

Before we pray that God would fill us, I believe we ought to pray Him to empty us.

I have always felt that it was important that everyone who was a worker join a labor organization.

You can always tell when the relationship is over. Little things start getting on your nerves, 'Would you please stop that! That breathing in and out, it's so repetitious.'

Food! Oh my god, I love food. Sugar makes me come alive.

If you act brave, you can seem brave, and if you do it enough, you can talk yourself into believing you're brave.

When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Get quiet so you can hear the still, small voice.