Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.

The press was ruthless, but then so was the church.Flavia de Luce

But then, gifts are like beauty, are they not. It is in the eye of the recipient that they find their seat, not in the hand of the giver.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Surely the gospel evokes unconditional surrender of all that we are and all that we have to all that He is.

Prayer gets us in on what God is doing.

The devil finds work for idle hands.

I'll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn't do either I want to go home.

To photograph is to confer importance.

A mental midget with the IQ of a fence post.