Dear God. She ached, wanting something that she knew was a sin.Wanting a man who was sin itself.

Will ye come with me?” he whispered.And she answered without hesitation. “Yes, please.

Will ye be wantin’ this now, madam?”“Yes, please, ” she whispered. She wanted to engrave the sight of him thus, about to make love to her, in her mind.

Love was that way. You could not render it in black or white. It always came down to the strange, blended shades of grey.

To love with expectations is, in the end, an oppressive, driven thing, and people know it when they receive it.

It is generally believed that nearly 40 percent of your first impression will be set from the tone of your voice. Your vocal thermometer can be more impactful than the actual words you use.

An idea is salvation by imagination.

Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.

I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won't.

Great saints are never wimps.

The Pentagon is, admissibly, the most powerful institution in history.

I am not a human being, i am a human becoming.

Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.