Mumbling obeisance to abhorrence of apartheid is like those lapsed believers who cross themselves when entering a church.

A desert is a place without expectation.

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.

The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison.

Peace. The upland serenity of high altitude, the openness of grassland without indigenous bush or trees; the greening, yellowing or silver-browning that prevailed, according to season.

Writing is making sense of life.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.

I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter.

My brain tried to process it while my heart focused on beating.

The sky is blue today, Max, and there is a big long cloud, and it's stretched out, like a rope. At the end of it, the sun islike a yellow hole. . .

Sport is how poor kids from poor countries pass through the eye of the needle to riches and recognition.

Only as you do know yourself can your brain serve you as a sharp and efficient tool. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see.

Faith is the subtle chain which binds us to the infinite; the voice of a deep life within, that will remain until we crowd it thence.

Doing nothing in the face of a grave threat to the world is not an option.

Most customer service people are great. It's that one customer service person from hell that drives me crazy!

I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery.

Ignorance might be bliss, but it's irresponsible and dangerous too.

Since I suffered the injury on company time, why shouldn't I also be able to get surgery and do recovery on company time?