“You can never be free of their criticism until you no longer seek their praise.”

“Dennis: Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.”

“When we lift our hands in praise and worship, we break spiritual jars of perfume over Jesus. The fragrance of our praise fills the whole earth and touches the heart of God.”

“You can blow the world to pieces, but you can't blow the world to peace.”

“The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in.”

“Those eyes, Teddy thought. Even frozen in time, they howled. You wanted to climb inside the picture and say, 'No, no, no. It's okay, it's okay. Sssh.' You wanted to hold her until the shakes stopped, tell her that everything would be all right.”

“Men. If you give them half a chance, they'll fuck you over just to prove they can.”