“A psychiatrist once told me early in treatment, Stop trying to make me like you, and what a sobering and welcome smack in the face that statement was. Yet somehow, every day of my life is still a c...”

“I've had it with being nice, understanding, fair and hopeful. I feel like being negative all day. The chip on my shoulder could sink the QE2. I've got an attitude problem and nobody better get in m...”

“I always wanted to be a juvenile delinquent but my parents wouldn't let me.”

“Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.”

“I always give books. And I always ask for books. I think you should reward people sexually for getting you books. Dont send a thank-you note, repay them with sexual activity. If the book is rare or...”

“I believe that if a seven-year old kid has heard of Naked Lunch and is daring enough to want to read it, hes old enough to read it.”

“Happiness is not only a hope, but also in some strange manner a memory ... we are all kings in exile.”

“Since God lives in the heart, I was not to seek some Being way up in the sky . . . my journey to God was not outward, but inward! The only way to get closer to God was to become ordered enough insi...”

“What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”

“I believe people ought to mate for life...like pigeons or Catholics.”

“It comes from history. It comes from the record of the Inquisition, persecuting heretics and torturing Jews and all that sort of stuff; and it comes from the other side, too, from the Protestants b...”

“Surely we can only come to understand each other's beliefs by means of direct encounter and open, honest discussion. In the meantime, many free churches invite all believers in Jesus Christ to the ...”

“While the world changes, the cross stands firm.”

“To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who does not control his Son's suffering? But another sound can be heard: the shout of a God cryi...”

“In the Cross is salvation; in the Cross is life; in the Cross is protection against our enemies; in the Cross is infusion of heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind; in the Cross is jo...”