She carried the burn of the sun on her body. It was for all of those wasted, dull years.

Nights are long when it's cold and you're waiting for a train.

The desert is so vast that no one can know it all. Men go out into the desert, and they are like ships at sea; no one knows when they will return.

Real lives have no end. Real books have no end.

One day is enough to master reading in Korean. Hangeul is a very scientific and convenient alphabet system for communication.

They were the men and the women of the sand, of the wind, of the light, of the night. They appeared as in a dream, at the crest of a dune, as if they were born of the cloudless sky.

The earth is neither fabulous nor paradisal. And therefore it is not hell.

[W]hat is one to say of the writer who lies when he writes that he is lying?

I have gained wisdom from leaning into my pain, in not allowing the hounds of hell to snap at my heels anymore. Now I turn around, call them by name, and let them know I am prepared to fight.

Now is everythingNow is the essenceNow is the focusFocus on the nowFor that is the key

In his last days on this earth, he’d wanted to know if this was all there was.

Oh, that I could dedicate my all to God. This is all the return I can make Him.

conversation is like a dear little baby that is brought in to be handed round. You must rock it, nurse it, keep it on the move if you want it to keep smiling.

We're destroying the planet, and the planet rebels.

Those who say Islam is a warlike religion must ask if Christianity has been as well.

Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.