The grief of widowhood, of losing a husband and only to be harassed by his brothers, remained pressed on her.

The time for careers and passions was gone. Hunger pangs displaced ambition.

Instead he was grabbing at whatever was available in this system that no longer held the old predictable relationship between effort and result as true

It was like she had been playing 'nhodo' with her life, foolishly trying to outsmart an imaginary playmate named Fate.

I asked Elsie how much food they needed from outside the community. 'Flour and sugar, ' she said, and then thought a bit. 'Sometimes we'll buy pretzels as a spl

I don't want to be your other half. I believe that one and one make two.

There is a huge amount of shame connected to the feeling of not being loved, because love and family, biological or not, confirms our existence. Everyone needs to be seen, accepted and loved.

We are at the beginning of a new era of immunochemistry, namely the production of "antibody based" molecules.

If he had a million men he would swear the enemy has two millions, and then he would sit down in the mud and yell for three.

We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.

I also hope that I am occasionally involved in projects that touch other people in ways that make their lives a little better, more interesting for the moment, that makes them think.

Great robbers always resemble honest folk. Fellows who have rascally faces have only one course to take, and that is to remain honest; otherwise, they would be arrested off-hand.

For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretchedly.

The sobbing of the weak today is the sobbing of the victims of neoliberal policies. They consist of billions of people all over the world.