Never is a man more proud than when he shuffles paper in front of an illiterate person.

Your eyes betray a sadness that only a worthy man can conjure, but never solve

... the poor always live on debt. At this point, time is the only thing I still have the credibility to borrow.

.... does a fair trial necessarily amount to a fair outcome?

Professor, when people say such things after impossibility smacks them in the face, we call it denial

... cynicism is the only tool that can scrape away the tint off rose-coloured glasses.

He had the muscular definition of a man who had spent his life restraining elephants in heat.

I appreciate the gesture, but you don't have to undress in order to apologize

Blood is a reservoir of delights. It is a treasure trove for those who know what to look for, and how to isolate it from the rest of the junk. I know how to do both.

The funnel of my family’s salvation must continue narrowing towards the gallows. That journey cannot begin at the parted tips of another woman’s toes

Abel Muranda fought off furious red ants with mandibles that could cut through a miser's padlock.

Hope is like a dream with plan and purpose.

No man ever truly possesses a woman, anyhow, " said Gidas moodily. "He has her body for a time if he's lucky, but only the most fleeting glimpse into her soul." Gidas was a poet, or wanted to be.

When you are walking on water it is fear, not sharks, that sinks you.

You will suffer and you will hurt. You will have joy and you will have peace.

Your choices of action may be limited, but your choices of thought are not.

You can have all the talent in the world, but if the pumper's not there, it doesn't matter.

In any given age it is only a few extremists who are right.

As cows need milking and sweet peas need picking, so writers must continually exercise their mental muscles by a daily stint.

I get up at the same time every morning.

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.