One of the frustrations of having a mind trained to think and consider possibilities was that it couldn't simply be stopped once engaged.

I shudder to think of an eternity spend without books. I have hopes that every book that was ever lost is somewhere waiting for me when my life here finally ends.

It takes real planning to organize this kind of chaos.

Sarcasm, as it turned out--even when it was instinctive and quick--cut into the time one had to manufacture one's escape.

People who know me now can't believe I used to be shy, but in some ways I still am.

It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

You feed your fears to grow muscles against you when you run away from what frightens you. Little do you know that it’s frightened when you face it boldly!

I wanted to try to write songs on the piano to get a different flavor.

Let us pray, and as we pray, let us make room for Jesus in our hearts.

Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. ♥

Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.

The only Bible-honoring conclusion is, of course, that Genesis 1-11 is actual historical truth, regardless of any scientific or chronological problems thereby entailed.

I own some bugs encased in lucite or something. I also have a big cat's eye - a fake one - made for a taxidermist. I really like animals.

Of course! Jeb Bush! America is hungry for another leader from that talented family!

In America, the photographer is not simply the person who records the past, but the one who invents it.