“What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything.”

“We don't love people so much for the good they have done us, as for the good we have done them”

“If death, said my father, reasoning with himself, is nothing but the separation of the soul from the body;--and if it is true that people can walk about and do their business without brains,--then ...”

“all I can say of the matter, isThat he has either a pumkin for his heador a pippin for his heart,and whenever he is dissected 'twill be found so.”

“I have undertaken, you see, to write not only my life, but my opinions also; hoping and expecting that your knowledge of my character, and of what kind of a mortal I am, by the one, would give you ...”

“Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would reign in every page. Restore them to the writer - he steps forth like a ...”

“There is a personal sacrifice required to realize Gods passion”

“Personal Responsibility is the state of being the person who caused something to happen.”

“Writing is hard work. Attempting to write a decent story is friggin exhausting!”

“You need to understand that you are not your appearance or your body”

“Women do not give a very favorable estimate of their appearance”

“It is complexes that prevent women with a good appearance from adequately assessing themselves”