If a man dethrones God in his heart, Satan must ascend to His position.

Alone.Yes,that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym.

You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you.

The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.

Well, luck is for fools. It's all they have to hope for, poor devils.

There were people who lied for gain, people who lied from pain, people who lied simply because the concept of telling the truth was utterly alien to them . . . And then there were people who lied because they were waiting for it to be time to tell the truth.