Those who live by God's law will walk through the rough roads of life shielded by God's love and faithfulness. Psalm 25:10.

You are unshakable, the Lord is your rock, and redeemer, when the words of your mouth and the meditation of your heart are pleasing before Him. Psalm 9:14

God wants you to always call Him not because you need Him but because you love Him. Matthew 22:37

Har. Bloody. Har.

His Scotch bear-leader, Mr Boswell, was a butt of the first quality.

Being under him, trapped, objectified, I lost all fear. With Jonathan, I felt safe. I felt a loss of control so complete, a surrender so honest that it became a luxurious indulgence.

The greatest moments are right in front of you.

First time I met Jack [Nicholas ] I had heard about his golf and prowess - I was playing in the Ohio amateur.

In every idea of genius or in every new human idea, or, more simply still, in every serious human idea born in anyone's brain, there is something that cannot possibly be conveyed to others.

My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts.

Something like trying to protect yourself all the time, things like trying to outwit fate. Those things can be the worst thing you can do for yourself.

This is the gift all writers seek-to write language that incandesces yet does not melt.

When the night falls, my lonely heart calls.