....in Bosnia, mass rape was a policy of the war, systematically carried out, implicating neighbors, paramilitaries, soldiers.

The culture of power versus the power of culture, ” he quoted. “One side always loses.

Nothing about multiculturalism antagonized Rachel. She liked all kinds of food, clothing, cultural customs, and music. The one thing that held her aloof was a fear of offending through ignorance.

Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.

Prayer was never meant to be magic, ' Mother said.'Then why bother with it?' Suzy scowled.'Because it's an act of love, ' Mother said.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful we must carry it with us or we will not find it.

These blessed candles of the night.

I really don't care what people think of me. I've got my family. I've got my friends. Yes, I have been trained to be a little more aggressive if I need to be, but I don't go around thumping people.

My father wouldn't get us a TV, he wouldn't allow a TV in the house.

I care about the work I do. But I'm not going to say that money's not an issue.

To become self-educated you should condemn yourself for all those things that you would criticize others.

Smile sometimes when things aren't going well, and maybe realize when they aren't going well, they are.

There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity