I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before.

I just became fascinated with how complex and unlikely the universe is and life is and Catholicism gives me an answer to that.

The most identifying trait of humanity is our abilty to be inhumane to one another.

I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

All but universally, human architecture values front elevations over back entrances, public spaces over private. Danny Jessup says that this aspect of architecture is also a reflection of human nature, that most people care more about their appearance than they do about their souls.

On those occasions when he had killed in the dark, he later needed to see his victims' faces because, in some unlit corner of his heart, he half expected to find his own face looking up at him, ice-white and dead-eyed. "Deep down," the dream-victim had said, "You know that you're already dead yourself, burnt out inside. You realize that you have far more in common with your victims after you've killed them than before.