The only violence was when these so-called 'freedom fighters' terrorized the poor Africans in the villages... They were told what to do and who to support.

Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

The popular mocking of reparations as a harebrained scheme authored by wild-eyed lefties and intellectually unserious black nationalists is fear masquerading as laughter.

Motherhood is wonderful, but it's also hard work. It's the logistics more than anything. You discover you have reserves of energy you didn't know you had.

One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks.

I've never seen myself as a manager. As a manager, you have to put all your time into the job, and that would be difficult for me.

The past is more than a memory.

Dreams surround our desires with ugliness and dread.

Calumny is like the wasp which worries you, and which it is not best to try to get rid of unless you are sure of slaying it; for otherwise it returns to the charge more furious than ever.

Love is the Song of the Soul singing to God.

No pleasure lasts long unless there is variety in it.