The trust of those in dark need is forgiving work.

Because it strikes me there is something greater than judgement. I think it is called mercy.

After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it.

The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is what brings us so full of longing to the sea.

It is always worth itemising happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the markers for happiness while you can.

And whatever my life had been up to that day, it was another life after that. And that is the gospel truth.

For I did not want him to see, or to question me, for here contains already secrets, and my secrets are my fortune and my sanity.

I suppose therefore God is the connoisseur of filthied hearts and souls, and can see the old, the first pattern in them, and cherish them for that.

It is always worth itemizing happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the markers of happiness while you can.

Roseanne, Roseanne, if I called to you now, my own self calling to my own self, would you hear me? And if you could hear me, would you heed me?

A child is never the author of his own history.

Sometimes in life, you have to take difficult steps and make tough decisions, in order to achieve something extraordinary.

In the history of art there are periods when bread seems so beautiful that it nearly gets into museums.

Nothing can calm our souls more or better prepare us for life’s challenges than time spent alone with God.

Don't draw the line before stupidity. It'll take it as a start.

The genre of television that I love and watch is so vast. There's not one type of thing I love.

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

Commitments the voters don't know about can't hurt you.

A winner is just someone who doesn't give up when they lose.

You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox.

I enjoy my work too much to force-feed myself with pressure.