“Meeks was telling him about the value of work. He said that it had been his personal experience that if you wanted to get ahead, you had to work. He said this was the law of life and it was no way ...”

“No one can be an atheist who does not know all things. Only God is an atheist.”

“He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her love for him. There were times when it became nothing but pure idiot mystery...”

“Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.”

“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”

“I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.”

“Remember that pornography is dangerous. It can warp the mind and destroy sexual intimacy in marriage. Stay away from it. A monster is crouched behind that door.”

“33. Satan will attempt to offer you whatever you hunger for, whether it be money, power, sex, or prestige. But Jesus said, Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (Matthew 5:6).”

“Sell the results, not the nuts and bolts.”

“I fear being alone more than anything else. So why do I do this? Why do I push away the people I love? What is so very wrong with me?I dont know.And I dont know how to make it stop.”

“There was simply no peace to be had no matter where you hid yourself away. Even in a northern border town of such intensely chaotic oddity and corruption there was still some greater chaos, some de...”

“I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle..the nights i can't remember..the mornings i slept thru..all the time spent running from myself.”

“Bear your pain or it will come back”

“So the gods must mean something else, said Jix.God, not gods! insisted Johnnie.Nick threw up his hands. God, gods, or whatever, said Nick. Right now, it doesnt matter whether its Jesus, or Kukulcan...”

“A gift can never be cheap or insignificant because of the heart and love it carries.”