I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.

We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure.

It was so wonderful that I do not know how to describe this first glimpse of things never heard of, seen or dreamed of before.

Chocolate is the divine drink which builds up resistance and fights fatigue. A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a whole day without food.

They no longer had nor could find any arrows, javelins or stones with which to attack us.

So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not bleed at the sound.

Furthermore, they had calculated that if 25,000 of them died for every one of us, they would finish with us first, for they were many and we were but few.

He travels safest in the dark night who travels lightest.

What men in all the world have shown such daring?

The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean.

Trapped on a school bus for an hour each morning and each evening, she devoured book after book. She explored a hundred worlds, indifferent to her peers and the passing of the universe.

How do you stop conflict without conflict?

You learn early as an actor that creating your own material is the only way to have any control.

All parents experience the same problems.

If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it, those are the scary people. Those are the people you want to watch out for.

...our family is white as far back on the family tree as I've ever looked, and I guess I picture people white white white unless someone tells me otherwise

You cannot solve the climate crisis if you are putting people out of work.

The role of a leader is not to rule over other people, but to hold a space for their own genius.

the beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less