Most of all I remember that what begins with drums and fife, flags and bunting, becomes too swiftly a long and grey winter of the spirit.

War does have a way of interfering with one's most closely held desires.

My parents told me to marry for money, ' said her husband. 'But I chose the love of a strong woman.''And look what trouble I turned out to be, ' she said.

They sat a moment in embrace of silent mutual comfort, which was, she often thought, the reward of those long married.

Most of the things to guarantee your death have already been done so you can spend the rest of your time focusing on the things that can guarantee your success and happiness.

Each time a language dies, another flame goes out, another sound goes silent.

If I knocked and waited at every door, who knows what I might miss?

Our whole educational problem suffers from a one-sided approach to the child who is to be educated, and from an equally one-sided lack of emphasis on the uneducatedness of the educator.

I don't know what the f--k I'm talking about with parenting.

The Harder you work, the easier it looks

A community united by the ideals of compassion and creativity has incredible power. Art of all kinds---music, literature, traditional arts, visual arts---can lift a community.

He has denied what has happened. His sworn statements have denied what has happened.

Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on!