Satanic Verses is a despicable book that could not have been written by a person who wished to behave decently and responsibly.

But when it comes to human beings, the only type of cause that matters is final cause, the purpose. What a person had in mind. Once you understand what people really want, you can't hate them anymore. You can fear them, but you can't hate them, because you can always find the same desires in your own heart.

Maybe she couldn't know who she was today. Maybe it was enough to know that she was no longer who she was before.

If you read to your kids you'll make readers out of them, partly because they'll associate reading with good parent time.

Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.

It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.

You frighten me, when you say there isn't time." "I don't see why. Christians have been expecting the imminent end of the world for millennia." "But it keeps not ending." "So far, so good.