Humor is an almost physiological response to fear.

This is a nation tragedy, of course - that we've changed from a society to an audience.

Anyone unable to understand how useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.

It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.

What you can become is the miracle you were born to be through the work that you do.

All was forgiven. All living things were brothers, and all dead things were even more so.

The dog, who had sounded so ferocious in the winter distances, was a female German Shepherd. She was shivering. Her tail was between her legs. She had been borrowed that morning from a farmer. She had never been to war before. She had no idea what game was being played. Her name was Princess.