The night had darkened to the murky sort where the air hung like descending clouds and the overhead branches made the liquid darkness even more impenetrable.

Overhead the sliver of a moon barely illuminated anything and shadows slunk on every corner.

Ignore the reek of feces in the air, the bloodstains on the ground, and you have yourself a glorious night.

Sorry, one night stands don't stack up as credentials for tending bar.

Whatever crimes this man had committed, they weren't as egregious as his inflated self-image.

When honor and glory get your squad killed and your brothers-in-arms shoved under the rug, you stop believing in the terms.

A moment of torture feels like an eternity, while an eternity of joy passes in a moment. Perhaps time is naught but an illusion.

Hate and envy are like a bomb that cannot destroy anything without first destroying itself.

A car is thirty thousand parts you're putting together.

Our praying, to be strong, must be buttressed by holy living. The life of faith perfects the prayer of faith.

Outside museums, in noisy public squares, people look at people. Inside museums, we leave that realm and enter what might be called the group-mind, getting quiet to look at art.

Getting to St. Mary's College was a big deal for me because that essentially led to me getting to go to NYU.

Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering and the lonely right there where you are.

Seek freedom within action.

If someone like Musalia [Mudavadi ] ruled Kenya, he would not be able to effect the radical changes I talk about.

I'd have to say that, in general, models take themselves too seriously. Basically, they are genetic freaks who spend a couple of hours in hair and makeup.