...a redoubtable alchemy was at work behind impenetrable veils as the forest prepared its nocturnal mysteries.

A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.

Floating high on the waters of catastrophe

And what can still delight an inert stone except to become, once more, the bed of a raging torrent?

On its own, having escaped my grasp, the spool I had loosed was unwinding.

The secret of gospel change is being convinced that Jesus is the good life and the fountain of joy. Any alternative we might choose would be the letdown.

I either eat too much or starve myself. Sleep for 14 hours or have insomniac nights. Fall in love very hard or hate passionately. I don't know what grey is. I never did.

Most Americans don't understand Canadian political parties. Neither do most Canadians

The truth is, Pavlov's dog trained Pavlov to ring this bell just before the dog salivated.

I'm really focused on my research almost 100 percent. That, and my family and kids.

I'm very interested in making the photographs look real, but a lot of them are highly synthetic. They're hybrids, located somewhere between the found and the constructed.

I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

God created women only to tame men.

Many people who want to be great aren't willing to do the work to make it possible!