It seemed to me that I had come for the first time close to the soil of my native country, and could feel for the first time running in my veins Russia's vastness, her potency, her strength.

The Truth is true testimony of God.

As someone who grew up in the Bronx, I certainly learned my share of four-letter words, but none are more powerful than nice.

I am strong enough to forgive.

A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.

The king just sits there, moving one square at a time. The queen can move so freely. I suppose I’d rather lose the game than forfeit her freedom.

If I lived a billion years more, in my body or yours, there's not a single experience on Earth that could ever be as good as being dead. Nothing.

You can't win with sin.

I believe I would rather have Stieglitz like something - anything I had done - than anyone else I know.

For a society as abundant and as blessed as ours, to have as many disadvantaged children as we have does not bode well for our long-term economic future.

His hands reached for me, gripping my hipbones and pulling me forward. he stared down at me, his voice low. "There are some things I will make time for, Jacqueline.