There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.

Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.

The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.

We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the fertile country below.

If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing.

The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.

The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.

At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova.

We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of things in Mexico.

During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake.

I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.

I talk a lot about photography. It's cheap becuase my supply always exceeds demand.

There were hundreds of them spread across the floor, each telling its own tale of triumph or sadness, each letter representing a phase in her life. She had kept them all.

You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment.

It's as if you kneel to plant the seed of a tree and it grows so fast that it swallows your whole town before you can even rise to your feet.

Everybody I know in England was raised on Mose Allison.

I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic.

When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver.

Graeme Smith is capable of reading other people's heads.

Each thought, each action in the sunlight of awareness becomes sacred.

The proper amount of wealth is that which neither descends to poverty nor is far distant from it.