But believe me, just because the human mind can't imagine something happening...doesn't mean it won't.

As he flushed, an unexpected realization hit him. This is the Pope's toilet, he thought. I just took a leak in the Pope's toilet. He had to chuckle. The Holy Throne.

Perception is transformed, and a new reality is born.

Faith is universal. Our specific methods for understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some of us go to Mecca, some of us study subatomic particles. In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.

The human body is amazing," she said. If you deprive it of one sensory input, the other senses take over, almost instantly.

I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page every morning, and my characters don't really care how many books I've sold.

Wealth is commonplace but wisdom is rare. I beg you to remember that wealth without wisdom can often end in disaster.