As we age we begin to grasp at youthful bliss like a life raft in a sea of harsh reality.

If, as has been postulated before, heroism happens when courage meets circumstance, what if the circumstances are mundane?

Perhaps elements like tenacity and humility combine to form a heroic compound.

I asked my Greek chorus about this sort of hero: the Underappreciated Personification of Resolve.

Pride could be painful sometimes. And right now, hers was suffocating

I try to have things change before I get bored, and I figure other people might enjoy that too; I try not to let anything repeat for long enough that you can get used to it.

Humans are tuned for relationship. The eyes, the skin, the tongue, ears, and nostrils-all are gates where our body receives the nourishment of otherness.

People fail you, children disappoint you, thieves break in, moths corrupt, but an Order of the British Empire goes on for ever.

I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it.

President [Ronald] Reagan told me he would negotiate and negotiate and negotiate with the Soviets, and I believed him.

The Lord Jesus Christ would have the whole world to know, that though He pardons sin, He will not protect it.

America is incredibly professional and corporate.

And they choose our mates. (Ravyn) So what do they do? Jump here on earth, tap you on the shoulder, and say, ‘Hey, bub, marry her’? (Susan)

Three cardinal virtues of business: creativity, building community, practical realism.