In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wielding an axe.

Underlying many aspects of water development is a myth: the myth that we must have more.

Water is always working, reorganizing the land.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

Nothing is ever free even a torn and worn underwear.

I feel in some ways I've had a difficult life. And it makes me the kind of writer I am, in what I value, what I respect, what I hold dear.

I loved the first Christmas I had in England.

For whatever reason, maybe it's because of my story, but people associate Livestrong with exercise and physical fitness, health and lifestyle choices like that.

We prefer poverty in liberty than riches in slavery.

Sometimes you will hate me because I will tell you the truth about your game. And the truth can hurt/humble you

In the instant of our first breath, we are infused with the single greatest force in the universe--the power to translate the possibilities of our minds into the reality of our world.

I want you to be with someone who really, really loves you. A wild love! A crazy love! I want yours to be the greatest love story of all time!

We keep secrets from ourselves that all along we know.