As long as he doesn't convert it into action, it does not matter how much a man thinks about his repentance.

Good and evil increase at compound interest. That's why the little decisions we make every day are of infinite importance.

A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.

Because God created the Natural - invented it out of His love and artistry - it demands our reverence.

Post-Christian man is not the same as Pre-Christian man. He is as far removed as virgin is from widow: there is nothing in common except want of a spouse: but there is a great difference between a spouse-to-be and a spouse lost.

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it.

I felt ashamed." "But of what? Psyche, they hadn't stripped you naked or anything?" "No, no, Maia. Ashamed of looking like a mortal -- of being a mortal." "But how could you help that?" "Don't you think the things people are most ashamed of are things they can't help?