I'm afraid my jealousy is a beast I find difficult to tame, " he said with a sigh.

What man would have courage enough to believe he could win you? Bosque laughed. "You exude power. Men are small creatures, easily cowed by those who challenge their sense of self-importance.

As he passed Alistair to depart the library, Bosque said, "I'm pleased you didn't limit your vision. Ambition is the fertile soil in which true power can be cultivated.

They turned their desks into a trigonometric war room, poring over equations scrawling ideas on blackboards, evaluating their work, erasing it, starting over.

Light travels half away around the world while darkness is still putting its shoes on.

The Communist Party and the Soviet Government display constant concern to strengthen the country's defensive might and raise the combat readiness of the Armed Forces.

I've always loved the fact that Bob's [Dylan] been able to sustain his mystery over 50 or 60 years.

I believe that whether a person follows any religion or not is unimportant, he or she must have a good heart, a warm heart.

All my momma's people were very musical. My grandpa, who was the Pentecostal minister, he was a great musician. He played the fiddle, he played the piano.

The law is silent during war. [Lat., Silent leges inter arma.]

The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.

Everyone is so different. I sometimes wish I wrote in a different way. You know, that feeling of: So-and-so writes slowly, if only I wrote slowly.

Imprisonment in the contemporary is the worst of all intellectual tyrannies.