People who care nothing for their country's stories and songs, ' he said, 'are like people without a past- without a memory- they are half people

Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having.

You, dear reader, have now two accounts to choose between and there can be no doubt which is most probable.

Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her.Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it.

One day you will tell me how to change what I cannot yet describe without my words swelling HUGE, vowels vanishing, tears washing ink away.

Life luscious wet life bereft of death, loss of empty shell minus absent of nothing exploding star cell amoeba sweet algae oxygen, hydrogen flowering in the vacuum ofspace and magnetic motion.

Life is simple. Life is complicated.

Perhaps I'd like to design cars, but I don't think I'd be much good at it.

Opening to oneself fully is opening to the world.

Never underestimate the ego of a politician.

It is the responsibility of the sender to make sure the receiver understands the message.

Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?

There is not one piece of cosmic dust that is outside the scope of God's sovereign providence.

It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans.

Chess is a matter of daily training.