The decaying that had dragged on for too long had only turned tragedy into nuisance; death, when it strikes, better completes its annihilating act on the first try.

Every place is a good place, only time goes wrong.

Even the most innocent person, when cornered, is capable of a heartless crime.

To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday.

What a long way it is from one life to another: yet why write if not for that distance; if things can be let go, every before replaced by an after.

A real dreamer must have a mutual trust with time.

She wonders if this is what people call falling in love, the desire to be with someone for every minute of the rest of her life so strong that sometimes she is frightened of herself.

Only the smaller fish pay for the goverment's face-lift. The big ones - they just become bigger and fatter.

What is revolution except a systematic way for one species to eat another alive?

I would never describe a cloud as 'fluffy'—in Chinese or in English.

Regarding heroism, I grew up in a culture where you learn about heroes and heroines all the time. In a way, when you call someone a hero or heroine, it's the same as calling them a villain.

Unless men of purpose, integrity, and faith stand together in unswerving loyalty to Jesus Christ, the future of the world is dark indeed.

The only thing I regret about my life is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner.

No mind is much employed upon the present recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.

Politics have no relation to morals.

John Boehner is a member of a country club in Ohio. It turns out that the bartender was plotting to poison Boehner. Now wait a minute. Isn't that the movie with Seth Rogen and James Franco?

People who say they're too busy to have lunch have a false impression of their own importance.

From the age of three on, as far back as I remember, I just knew there was a God behind everything.

I have funny bones. If there's ever any kind of tension, I'll always be the one to try and be funny to loosen things up.

I like the app where you can make your own memes. I make memes all the time and send them to my friends.

The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation.