In the dark, I seem to stretch. Without a body to witness, I grow and grow with my pleasure. I feel like a constellation, a concept hung on a scattering of stars.

“Maybe it has something to do with longing for ... a more articulate society than there is these days. That's part of what people find fascinating, that these people lived by their wits and their words.”

“In the early to mid '90s, there was open warfare - gang versus gang. Witnesses for trials were being executed, ... There's been improvement, but we're not without our problems.”

Lewis had developed a trademark style, slow enough for note taking, loud enough to rouse the dullest listener, straightforward, abundantly furnished with quotations, and lavish in wit.

Praise be to God, Who has so disposed matters that pleasant literary anecdotes may serve as an instrument for the polishing of wits and the cleansing of rust from our hearts.

“We are thrilled to have Pamela Anderson host The 2006 JUNO Awards. With her unabashed wit and spontaneity, she is sure to make April 2nd a night to remember.”

“Frank has got a shock from our witness statements. He feels it's better if they are cross-examined - but he should be prepared for the truth to come out.”

The Garden of Eden was somewhere in present-day Iraq. The turmoil and war [we are witnessing] in that part of the world . . .is occurring in the land where God established the first perfect civilization.

If a philosophical writer cannot be followed, the difficulty of his subject can be placed only in mitigation of his offense, not in condonation of it. There are too many expert witnesses on the other side.

Unless the church quickly recovers the authoritative biblical message, we may witness the spectacle of millions of Christians going outside the institutional church to find spiritual food.