To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Anoint me with "Fresh Oil" O God! Mold me and make me...totally for Your use! You are the potter, I am the clay. Amen

We were intrigued by the fact that we had so much actual behavior among people on our dating site, OKCupid.

A habit of debt is very injurious to the memory.

You won't die, Francie. You were born to lick this rotten life.

As our hearts become pure, our vision becomes clearer.

I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human.

Poetry isn't written from the idea down. It's written from the phrase, line and stanza up, which is different from what your teacher taught you to do in school.

Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world.

My master's degree was in journalism, but everything important I ever learned about being a journalist I learned on the job.