Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.

[The Pigeon had learned something about [women] from his eight sisters, and if over the years he had absorbed only this one thing, it would stand as vindication that a boy does not suffer needlessly from growing up in a house with eight sisters. That thing was that a woman's heart is not bought by the currency of a man's emotion for her. A woman's heart is won over by her own feelings for herself when he just happens to be around ...

Brigid Pasulka

Earth is a in-between world touched by both Heaven and Hell. Earth leads directly into Heaven or directly into Hell, affording a choice between the two. The best of life on Earth is a glimpse of Heaven; the worst of life is a glimpse of Hell.

Randy Alcorn

Whenever I hear, 'It can't be done,' I know I'm close to success.

Michael Flatley

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.

Patricia Highsmith

True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The words of truth are always paradoxical.

Lao Tzu

God is ever present. He's in every breath, in every step. He's here, always, always.

Jill Scott

Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years.

Harry Connick, Jr.

If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

Abraham Maslow

If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness, and your chief legacy to the future will be an endless reign of meaningless chaos.

Martin Luther King Jr.

You are -- your life, and nothing else.

Jean Paul Sartre

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.

Julia Sorel