His plate was full but his fists sat motionless like two dark quartz stones on either side of it.

The old woman was the kind who would not cut down a large old tree because it was a large old tree.

To be sentenced to jail because of your faith in God is to let you know the degree of darkness in that particular society

Women are responsible for the people in the family having pants.

When knowledge and education reach you, you have an whole new world of opportunities to be free, happy and healthy.

Not all races are run on a track. And not all finish lines are marked by ticker tape.

Someone suddenly had direct, unabashed access to my heart.

Simplicity is not a goal, but one arrives at simplicity in spite of oneself, as one approaches the real meaning of things.

Every body persists in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces having impact upon it.

A little amateur painting in water colors shows the innocent and the quiet mind.

Being a victim is almost as easy as being a liberal. It's one of the most gutless choices you could make.

I like to surprise myself. I've always been attracted to projects where I don't know how they're going to turn out.