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People with bad consciences always fear the judgement of children.

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Baby: an alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other.

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My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen --- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery --- just stark me.

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They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse.

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Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

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To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

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Hope is a thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without words
And never stops at all.

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Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their pedestals.

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My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.

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Have you ever taken something out of the clothes hamper because it had become, relatively, the cleanest thing?

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