Until that afternoon in October four years ago, I hadn't known dogs could scream.

I choose to believe in God because it makes things better.

It's a mystery. That's the first thing that interests me about the idea of God. If there is one, it's mysterious and powerful and awesome to even consider the concept, and you have to take it seriously.

And she sees that the moonlight is losing its orange glow. It has become buttery, and will soon turn to silver.

I hold to no God," Roland said. "I hold to the Tower, and won't pray to that.

He had never been a social man. He had shunned causes with contempt and disgust. They were for pig-simple suckers and people with too much time and money on their hands.

no one dies happy, you can only die well