we have made an extraordinary transition. From moral absolutes to moral relativism. . . . Moral problems become medical ones and yesterday's sinners become today's patients.
When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.
If we were always conscious of the fact that people precious to us are frighteningly mortal, hanging not even by a thread, but by a wisp of gossamer, perhaps we would be kinder to them and more grateful for the love and friendship they give to us.
We are all the walking wounded in a world that is a war zone. Everything we love will be taken from us, everything, last of all life itself. Yet everywhere I look, I find great beauty in this battlefield, and grace and the promise of joy.
A scar is not always a flaw. Sometimes a scar may be redemption inscribed in the flesh, a memorial to something endured, to something lost.
We can approach belief from an intellectual path, but in the end, God must be taken on faith. Proofs are for things of this world, things in time and of time, not beyond time.
What does worry accomplish except to breed more worry?
One of the best ways to celebrate righteous history is to make more of it, make more righteous history!
If it weren't for radio programs like 'The George Jarkesy Show,' no one would know about 'The Amateur'.
They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.
I would give anything for a female's hand on me tonight. they soften a man and then leave him listening to the rain.