I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn.

A desert is a place without expectation.

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.

The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison.

Peace. The upland serenity of high altitude, the openness of grassland without indigenous bush or trees; the greening, yellowing or silver-browning that prevailed, according to season.

Writing is making sense of life.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.

I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter.

A piece of information can change a person. I'd hate to change the way I'm supposed to live the future.

It sounded somewhat doom-laden, so I felt obliged to look it up more thoroughly, in case I should eat some chocolate rather quickly.

When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.

Capital punihsment: That without the Capital get the punishment.

Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.

I love you so passionately, that I hide a great part of my love, so as not to oppress you with it.

Handfuls of frosty water can make almost anyone smile, but it cannot make them forget.

Those few days after Kent State were among the darkest of my presidency.

What has patriotism come to be but greed and false pride, when the only way it can show itself is by shedding blood to gain gold? More economic advantage, more territory, more power.