I do care about real life. It's just not as interesting as what's in my books.
It's great that people are basically spending their two weeks of vacation to come out and be with us in some weird part of the world. And I think we owe it to them to take 'em to some cool places.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
The power to proclaim the greatest news in heaven or on earth was not given to the angels. It was given to redeemed men . . . Every Christian is to be a witness
It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a soap...
Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.
A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
The missing link between humans and apes? It's certainly those brutes who haven't yet learned to respect privacy.
Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality...
By drinking, a boy acts like a man. After drinking, many a man acts like a boy.