You need help, and that's what books are for.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

Atheism, a religion dedicated to its own sense of smug superiority.

A happiness trick:do more things that make you happy, and you'll be happy more often.

What sort of future is coming up from behind I don't really know. But the past, spread out ahead, dominates everything in sight.

My favorite thing about motherhood is the outpouring of love that is non-judgmental and beautiful. My daughter just makes me happy, and she motivates me to be a kid again.

Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory.

Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?

There are entire congregations who worship praise and praise worship but who have not yet learned to praise and worship God in Jesus Christ.

Nationalism will keep its venom until we succeed in creating an image of the nations of the whole world as so many provinces.