...the tongues of men are not much leashed by concerns for accuracy or truth.

Potential, and the will to deploy it. That's all magic is in the end, you know.

Everyone's afraid of what they don't understand, " Ringil said quietly.

If you are alive, don’t ever lose hope.

It could be that one of the greatest hindrances to evangelism is the poverty of our own experience.

In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies of liberty.

I always just loved to laugh. I always just loved it as a kid.

My brain . . . it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself, 'You're a failure' . . . I think that's almost worse than death.

I have nine children... and one of them is an invalid. Her mother is obliged to take her away in the winter, and when one bird is off the nest, the other has to go on.

Today's teardrops are tomorrow's rainbows.

Myself, I have never seen a bumper sticker saying " Hate if you Love Jesus ", but I sometimes wonder why not. It would be a good slogan for the religious Right.

I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

Happiness is found in the absence of expectation and a continuous focus on appreciation.