And Kushiel sends no punishment that we are not fit to bear.

When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity upon me

There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting

Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.

That which yields is not always weak.

Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?

It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and know that one had not yet reckoned the tenth part of true grief.

All knowledge is worth having

The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.

The day my life changed forever...The day I first saw you.

It's a compliment to me to hear you screaming.

When the New York Times revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.

More than a mere alternative strategy, regenerative agriculture represents a fundamental shift in our culture’s relationship to nature.

When it comes to the internet, when it comes to the United States' technical economy, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth.

Question all as to their ways and learn the secrets that they hold

If you are not willing to pay the price for freedom, you don't deserve freedom.

It is unlikely that God's plan for the universe includes making you rich.

Doing more and more with less and less is one form of being generous. In fact, the easiest way to become rich is by being generous.

Dance, like music, is the expression of the human spirit. Dance is 'visual music'.