The gods spend the wealth the universe gathers, they scan the wonders and fling them to nothingness. That's why they're the gods! I told you they were devils.

Better freedom and a chilly road than a warm hearth and servitude.

The result is ... that there's no room left in the world for the weird – though plenty for crude, contemptuous, wisecracking, fun-poking imitations of it.

I abominate any organization that denies cats are people!

Then time seemed to stop, or rather to lose its directional urgency of movement; it became a place in the open where one stood rather than a low, narrow corridor down which one was hurried.

Of course, if you assume a big enough conspiracy, you can explain anything, including the cosmos itself.

There are vampires and vampires, and not all of them suck blood.

What was life worth, anyway, if you had to sit around remembering not to mention this, that, and the other thing because someone else might be upset?

There was always something new to be seen in the unchanging night sky.

Nations are as equal as so many madmen or drunkards.

Ningauble shrugged. You're a hero. You should know.

What they, in their innocence, cannot comprehend is that a properly constituted, healthy, decent man never writes, acts, or composes.

Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedom from fear.

If you tell a guy you don't like being tickled and he tickles you anyway, that's a red flag.

Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself.

Keep a good head and always carry a light bulb.

The life of Jesus suggests that to be like Abba is to show compassion.

I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle.

Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization.

The sky's the limit if you have a roof over your head.

A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.