…she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime.

Men are born to sin…What does matter most, is not that we err, it is that we do benefit from our mistakes, that we are capable of sincere repentance, of genuine contrition.

Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.

We tend to forget at times that it is the little ones, the children, who do suffer the greatest hurt. If we cannot comprehend why certain sorrows are visited upon us, how on earth can they?

I inhale hope with every breath I take.

Poor Wales. So far from Heaven, so close to England.

...A scar signifies past pain, a wound that did not heal as it ought. But it testifies, too, to survival...(Here be Dragons)

Why is it honesty when a man speaks his mind and madness when a woman does?

When does he ever think?" Richard straddled a chair and accepted a wind cup from Raoul. "If he were to sell his brain, he could claim it had never been used.", Chapter 7

During the day, memories could be held at bay, but at night, dreams became the devil's own accomplices.

Forget the threat of Hell's infernal flames. The true torture would condemn a man to wait and wait and wait - for an eternity

Men of passion and vision are often seen as mad.

Somehow I had learned from Thoreau, who doubtless learned it from Confucius, that if a man comes to do his own good for you, then must you flee that man and save yourself

I believe in family values and following your dreams.

Show your work, and when the right people show up, pay close attention to them, because they'll have a lot to show you.

Truth is, I don't mind getting a black eye or broken arm for a girl as long as she's there to kiss it after.

Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?

Alas! How difficult it is to prevent the countenance from betraying guilt!

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it.

The only victory love can enjoy is the day when its offer of love is answered by the return of love. The only possible final triumph is a universe loved by God and in love with God.

I just like to have fun.