I wasn't mean; I wasn't evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.

The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.

Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people.

Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.

Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.

Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.

Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.