The model of publishing is changing and its happening right now, but most publishers are so frightened, they just dont know how to embrace it.

Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi.

With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.

A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.

Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.

Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.

Where does one go in a tremendous city like Calcutta to find insider information? I recalled India's golden rule: do the opposite of what would be normal anywhere else.

I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too fast derides it, makes it a little less easy to understand.

My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.

Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.

Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?

His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.

A different direction defines what to me is real and to you is hooey.

It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.

The price of metaphor is eternal vigilance.

Bible study is the metal that forges a Christian.

I don't believe in God, but I do believe in His saints.

If you get yourself killed, I'll find your grave and spit on it," she threatened.

You have a wound too, Papa." Hanna took Brigan's left hand, which was wrapped in a bandage, and inspected it. "Did you throw the first punch?

As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them.

Everything that rises must converge.