The best argument for Christianity is the Gregorian chant. Listening to that music, one can believe anything -- while the music lasts.

The ideal kitchen-sink novel: Throw in everything but the kitchen sink. Then add the kitchen sink.

A true conservative must necessarily be a conservationist.

It may be true that there are no atheists in foxholes. But you don't find many Christians there, either. Or, about as many of one as the other.

In the American Southwest, I began a lifelong love affair with a pile of rock.

When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.

There are circumstances in which suicide presents a viable option; a workable alternative; the only sensible solution.