Strength ebbed and flowed, but brittle would break.

Margaux was older and wiser now and knew the waves couldn't fix what was wrong in her life, but at least they might give her some temporary respite.

Bad memories were hard enough, but it was torture to be haunted by the good.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens

Maybe, the lesson we can all learn from the inner sadness of a Narcissist is to see through our own fabrications, our own illusions so that we can be set free to be real once more.

Plastic flowers last for hours

Conscience reigns but it does not govern.

The Christians and Jews can live side by side with the Muslims, as they did in the heart of Europe for over 800 years in Andalusia.

Tis unpleasant to meet a beggar. It is painful to deny him; and, if you relieve him, it is so much out of your pocket.

Writing about race and crime was not new territory for me. But it can be treacherous. So here are my rules: No stereotypes. No generalizations. No explanations. No apologies. Just the facts, ma'am.

Africa is an extraordinary opportunity at the moment

I've got a passion for solving a problem that I think I can solve in a new way. And that maybe it helps that nobody has done it before as well.

In my headphones, I led a life of romance and incident and intrigue, none of which had anything to do with the world outside my Walkman.