He began to cry, not hysterically or screaming as people cry when concealed rage with tears, but with continuous sobs who has just discovered that he's alone and will be for long. He cried because safety and reason seemed to have left the world. Loneliness was a reality, but in this situation madness was also remotely a possibility.

Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?

The universe (he said) offers a paradox too great for the finite mind to grasp. As the living brain cannot conceive of a nonliving brain — although it may think it can — the finite mind cannot grasp the infinite.

God doesn't bribe, child. He just makes a sign and lets people take it as they will.

True sorrow is as rare as true love.

My father had taught me - mostly by example - that if a man wanted to be in charge of his life, he had to be in charge of his problems.

He killed them with their love.