...but maybe it's just the genetic code of a teenager. If your parents forbid something, you have to want it.

...the difference between me and her is that she loves being smart, and I love learning, and those are two very different things.

Now, five years is nothing in a man's life except when he is very young and very old...- Wang Lung

I gave up the unequal struggle against what appeared to be in my fate, indeed, I welcomed it with more affection. As one embraces a foe one can't defeat and I felt liberated.

the rape willtear youin halfbut it will notend you

It seems to me that no one picture can ever be a final summation of a personality. There are so many facets in every human being that it is impossible to present them all in one photograph.

Writing is an act of generosity toward other people.

We are opening up an enormous new era in archaeology. Time capsules in the deep oceans.

I'm not a drug salesman. I'm a writer.

Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die.

We need nature more than nature needs us.

I ain't from Africa. I'm from St. Louis.