We still have prostitutes standing on our corner, and people crapping round the back of buildings. The charms are still there.

Compassion is the greatest form of love humans have to offer.

I'd rather live at the bottom of a well than leave Avonlea.

In some basic way, it is our imperfections and even our pain that draws others close to us.

I am not going to apologize for speaking the Name of Jesus, I am not going to justify my faith to them, and I am not going to hide the light that God has put in me. If I have to sacrifice everything... I will.

Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds.

Look, that homeless guy is sleeping on my face. New York really is where dreams come true.