Late afternoon on the West Coast ends with the sky doing all its brilliant stuff.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

Convergence of our views on global trade issues under the WTO and our common resolve to combat terrorism provide a valuable base for mutual understanding.

Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.

We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.

Valar Morghulis - All men must die.

Say it over and over until you believe it, and only then shall you become it.

Each and every day, Israel's very existence is at stake.

Every day of my life, I'm trying to find a different way to get better.

He who asserts he is free, shall be free. He who says he is bound, bound he shall remain.

Oh, be wise, Thou! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.