"My God, rich people have the time to praise You if they want to, but the poor people are so busy, accept their work as praise because, my God, they don’t have time for everything."

"Demagogues thrive in dim light."

"I longed for the pitter-patter of little feet, so I got a dog. It’s cheaper, and you get more feet."

"Sometimes I think I understand everything—then I regain consciousness."

"...life (pause) is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass."

"How many consultants does it take to change a lightbulb? I’ll have an estimate for you a week from Monday."

"The living wander away, we don’t hear from them for months, years—but the dead move in with us to stay."

"... you are never so smart again in a language learned in middle age nor so romantic, brave or kind."

"You young people learned spelling by the ‘Close Enough’ method."

"I just sort of slid into it, like you’d go for a walk in the woods and fall into a crevasse and wind up in a cave full of rubies and emeralds."

"They did not weave their lives around yours. They had their own lives, which were mysterious to you."

"What would people think?' Jesus said that people think all sorts of things. The human mind is like a cloud of gnats. Constant motion. That's why you have to look at the heart. 'Oh,' said Grandpa."

"I have seen the truth and it makes no sense."