That's what Archie did - built a house nobody could anticipate a need for, except himself, a house that was invisible to everyone else.

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.

It's amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.

Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil.

And he did see--that life was rotten, that there were no heroes, really, and that you couldn't trust anybody, not even yourself.

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?

They don't actually want you to do your own thing, not unless it's their thing too.

I have lived a thousand lives lost within the pages of a book.

The possibility that hope comes out of hopelessness and that the opposite of things carry the seeds of birth - love out of hate, good out of evil. Didn't flowers grow out of dirt?

Affection is one of the most neglected words in the English language, that people throw the word love around like confetti when they mean affection.

It is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

You will never know how courageous you are until you are willing to leave your comfort zone to leap into the unknown.

Count blessings and discover Who can be counted on.

When facts are few, speculations are most likely to represent individual psychology.

History is nothing except monsters or victims. Or witnesses.

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance.

I've changed my style somewhat, as you know. I'm less - I pontificate less, although it may be hard to tell it from this show. And I'm more interacting with people.

For those of us on that Leave side there is a natural credibility with those voters.

I think it all goes down to who plays the better football on the night.