One time at the University of Colorado, at a faculty dinner, this professor said to me, 'Well, my goodness, a boy from Appa-lay-chee-a with a Ph.D!' The dinner was in her house. And I said, 'My grandparents didn't have indoor plumbing, but they had more books in their house than you do.' I was a little insulted by the Appa-lay-chee-a business.

You never know when somebody will pull you to them.

Marrying a woman for her beauty makes no more sense than eating a bird for its singing. But it's a common mistake nonetheless.

Needing and getting don’t seem likely to match up any time soon... What needs doing is mine to do.

He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret.

It is best not to study too much on who gets what they deserve. It can lead to an overly complicated interpretation of God's personal attributes.

I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn't even considered it.