Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral
The temples of those who deny the Real Presence are like corpses. The Lord was taken away and we do not know where they have laid Him.
The grandeur of man lies in song, not in thought.
Being for every man the touchstone of faith and love, the Eucharist, like on the Cross, divided the minds as soon as it was announced. . . Nothing engages a man as much as does the Eucharist
I believe that only poetry counts. . . A great novelist is first of all a great poet.
Let us be wary of ready-made ideas about cowardice and courage: the same burden weighs infinitely more heavily on some shoulders than on others.
A good critic is the sorcerer who makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet.
It was better to know what people were really like than put your trust in someone who just wanted to hurt you in the end.
Well. . . I had braces and I had to wear headgear! I loved my braces, actually. For me, they were like a piece of jewelry! Instead of the silver or pewter I had gold braces. It was so much fun, I loved them. I got to change the colors and stuff and I had the rubber bands.
We are here as local information harvesters, local problem-solvers in support of the integrity of eternally regenerative Universe. The fact that we get away from physical problems doesn't mean we go away from problems. The problems are really rarely physical.
If anything, I've probably tended more toward humor in my writing and veered more toward pleasure in my personal life.