"Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work that will never be done if you don't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you were gone. There is a place that you alone can fill."

“Forgive me-he mumbled against her lips. Please. Forgive me for what I'm going to do to you. ~Shade”

“If Moses had operated through committees the Israelites never would have got across the Red Sea.”

“Essentially I see the new atheism as largely part of the crisis of the left. Having failed to carry through its agenda in relation to political and economic life it's rounding on religion, ignoring the fact that, in some key respects, many believers are likely to share leftist aspirations.”

Source : "Towards hope". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. July 18, 2014.

“I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers.”

“All science is static in the sense that it describes the unchanging aspects of things.”

Source : Frank Hyneman Knight (1997). “The Ethics of Competition”, p.178, Transaction Publishers

“I am white, male, Norwegian and fairly resourceful. I am indeed among the least suppressed people on earth. If anyone can sing songs without fear, it should be me.”

“Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away.”

“Honest hope has an edge. It's messy. It requires that we let go of all pat answers, all preconceived formulas, all confidence that our sailing will be smooth. It's not a resting point. Honest hope is movement.”