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Her zealous hope of Heaven made it hell there.

things whose perishing had been arrested by their power to make her love them.

whatever truth he meant to get at, his eyes were the visible scars of it.

showed the hospital staff the photos

The ornament of beauty, Shakespeare wrote, is suspect. And he was right. But beauty itself, unadorned and unaffected, is sacred, I think, worthy of our awe and our loyalty.

When a woman once asked Joe how he could come from such a magnificent home and such a good family and still become a gangster, Joe's answer was two-pronged: (a) he wasn't a gangster, he was an outlaw; (b) he came from a magnificent house not a magnificent home.

So, about the only difference I see between a thief and a banker most times is a college degree.

This terrible smallness of men was bigger than him, bigger than anything.

Patrick Kenzie asking a bemused waitress for a newspaper in smalltown USA. 'It's like a homepage without a scroll button?

I do have my dark days. I suppose everyone does. The difference is that most people don't kill their husbands with an axe.

There's a bar around the corner. Lemme buy you a drink before the war.

the other side of his desk. "Yeah, well, like I always say, miss, you could

Goddamn embarrassing what a civilian you've become, man.

My only regret is to die four pages too soon.

America was always a religious country, and it remains the most religious of industrialized Western democracies. America derived its strength from religion, not secularism.

Nevertheless, whatever road you choose, I would be surprised if Happiness Is a Serious Problem did not help you on that road.

According to just about every poll on happiness, people on the Left are generally less happy than conservatives.

One major goal of this book is to present as thorough a dissection of Leftism as has been written.

Many of the horrors of the twentieth century were supported by people with good intentions who lacked wisdom.

needs to be emphasized because many people see fear of God as onerous rather than liberating.

Most people want to be circled by safety, not by the unexpected. The unexpected can take you out. But the unexpected can also take you over and change your life. Put a heart in your body where a stone used to be.

Throughout the history of the Deutschritter the German genius is very evident, romantic idealism implemented with utter ruthlessness.

And if your life is a suitable exchange for my honor, why is my honor not a suitable exchange for your life?

The most irritating thing about cliches, I decided, was how frequently they were true.