I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if read more

I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future.

Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.

Fear can be conquered. I became a better person and a better football player when I learned that lesson.

Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.

Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.

There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.

There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.

God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today's duties and tomorrow's anxieties piled on the top of them.

God never built a Christian strong enough to carry today's duties and tomorrow's anxieties piled on the top of them.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And read more

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.