The idea occurred to him when he was twenty. At first it was only a vague idea, a question looming — what should I do? — with an answer taking shape: nothing.

Every library answers a twofold need, which is often also a twofold obsession: that of conserving certain objects (books) and that of organizing them in certain ways

Question your tea spoons.

Chess is a fathead and feudal game.

One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

I will take away your means of escape.

You once told me some lives are worth more than others. How many deaths before the scales tipout of our favor?”She had no answer.

Compose aloud: poetry is a sound. Never explain- your reader is as smart as you. Your reader is not just any reader, but is the rare one with ears in his head.

From a monarchy followed by suffering under Communism, Ethiopians must be given the opportunity to flourish under the greatest of systems - democracy.

I often think of a poem as a door that opens into a room where I want to go.

We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .

If gold must be gold, it must pass through the furnace.

Money is a result, wealth is a result, health is a result, illness is a result, your weight is a result. We live in a world of cause and effect.