A popular writer writes about what people think. A wise writer offers them something to think about.
It's a shame that creativity and sloth look exactly the same.
Things are strongest where they're broken.
Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware of that. And grateful.
We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector," said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count?
But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage.
It is very, very dangerous to come between a person and their beliefs.
The simple Wordsworth. . . Who, both by precept and example, shows That prose is verse, and verse is merely prose.
I'm probably one of the most dangerous men in the world if I want to be. But I never wanted to be anything but me.
As the warm air blew in the car, simple snapshots of the life they'd lived together surfaced in his mind; but as always, those images led inexorably to their final day together.
They have bad taste. I am not a good-looking guy.