Doubt is a question mark; faith is an exclamation point. The most compelling, believable, realistic stories have included them both.

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.

I would rather a romantic relationship turn into contempt than turn into apathy. The passion in the extremities make it appear as though it once meant something. We grow from hot or cold, but lukewarm is the biggest insult.

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.

Liberalism, contrary to popular belief, is facing backward in considering the injustice of its ancestors. Conservatism, contrary to popular belief, is facing forward in considering the psychology of its descendants. Definitively, it seems in the modern world that neither side really knows which direction it's facing, and men of the sharpest judgment are simply turned off from picking either of the poisons.

The devil's happy when the critics run you off.