Christianity stretches back through the ages, but in essence it exists only at one time: right now.

I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts.

Truth is a nebulous thing. There are certain, definite truths, but the truth of our lives goes far beyond facts.

Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique and precious once you get to know them.

Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.

You bring joy and pain in equal measure. Joy because you are with me, but pain because it wont be for long.

We think we live in a global village. We don't. The world is a big and beautiful and incredibly varied place. It can only be known locally, with your two feet on the ground. We should stick to our own gardens, as Voltaire said.