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"They began by controlling books of cartoons and then detective books and, of course, films, one way or another, one group or another, politica…

... the abbot of our monastery always said that fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can. Barry Hughart, Bridge of Bird

Having hope means that one will not give in to overwhelming anxiety, a defeatist attitude, or depression in the face of difficult challenges or setba…

Flambeau had known Quinton in wild student days in Paris, and they had renewed the acquaintance for a week-end; but apart from Flambeau’s more respon…

No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including …

Citizens assemble with the sole goal of declaring that they disapprove of the course of government. To meddle in the government of society and to spe…

Mine is a simple system. I read from morning till bedtime, with breaks for my job, my family, meetings with friends, exercise, household chores and p…

Surrender is not giving up. Surrender is giving God access – and then getting to work. Father Mike Schmitz Amen, amen.

Who is Christ if not the Word of God: "in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God?' This Word of God was…

A chicken lived every situation, every moment, like it was brand-new, and so lived in a constant state of wonder and surprise. "It's hard to…

In 1908, in a wild and remote area of the North Caucasus, Leo Tolstoy, the greatest writer of the age, was the guest of a tribal chief “living far aw…

We must certainly be in a novel; What I like about this novelist is that he takes such trouble about his minor characters. G.K. Chesterton As a mino…

[My father's] den or study was piled high with the stratified layers of about ten or twelve creative amusements; water-colour painting and modell…

What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles; it was a miraculous world. Autobi…

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. George Orwell, 1984 It seems funny when you first read it. Upon rereading, …

This is a story about magic and where it goes and perhaps more importantly where it comes from and why, although it doesn't pretend to answer al…

"Take my camel, dear," said my Aunt Dot, as she climbed down from this animal on her return from High Mass. Rose Macaulay, The Towers of…

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett Pratchett can comment on so many levels with just on…

You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. Mark Twain, A…

The building was on fire and it wasn't my fault. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher Do you think he makes those sorts of huge mistakes? Or gets blam…