Every soldier in the course of time exists only in the breath of written word.

The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid

I could feel his hand on my waist, his arms around me, feel the rise and fall of his chest next to mine as I held my breath, and wished the sun would drop out of the sky.

We must embrace the darkness as well as the light in order to truly understand life.

Do not speak badly of yourself, for the warrior that is inside you hears your words and is lessened by them.

I've reminded the prime minister-the American people, Mr. Prime Minister, over the past months that it was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship.

I am who I am. There’s no facade. No put-on. And being voted sexiest doesn’t concern me. Maybe that’s the sexy part.

Faith gives new light to the soul, but it does not put our eyes out; and what God hathgivenusinournature could never be intended as a snare to Religion, or engage us to believe a lie.

If we are to be destroyed we will do it ourselves by warfare with thermonuclear weaponry.

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character.

Stupid — well, there are so many kinds of stupidity, and cleverness is one of the worst.