A little drama wins more friends than boring.

The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

My name is tally youngblood and my mind is very ugly

Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.

I'm Tally Youngblood. Make me pretty." -Tally Youngblood

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.

I don't want to hurt you but I will if I have too - Tally Youngblood

However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.

The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.

A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.

The other day in prayer I said to God, "Look - I understand that an unexamined life is not worth living, but do you think I could someday have an unexamined lunch?".

We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.

I was involved with the anti-apartheid movement through my work as an artist and also through my political commitment.

Very hot and still the air was, Very smooth the gliding river, Motionless the sleeping shadows.

If, for example, you were to think more deeply about death, then it would be truly strange if, in so doing, you did not encounter new images.

Fame gets you in the door but it doesn't keep you in the room.

If you want art, don't mess about with movies. Buy a Picasso.

There are systems that use failure as fuel for improvement, where the cost of failure is small.

In politics, familiarity doesn't breed contempt. It breeds votes.

When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one mind, string your bow, and place stones upon the ramparts.