...so Leola thought that a modest romance with a hero in embryo could do no harm - might even be a patriotic duty.
Life is a movement, a constant movement in relationship; and thought, trying to capture that movement in terms of the past, as memory, is afraid of life.
Far from being marginalized, as is presently the case, nineteenth-century freethought was a social movement at the core of our national life.
He loved that she made him something he never thought he'd been capable of being. Someone who stayed.
The stuff of nightmares is not only relegated to unconscious thoughts upon a pillow, safely beneath an eiderdown.
The typical expression of opening Friendship would be something like, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!
The unrecognized genius-that's one old story. Have you ever thought of a much worse one-the genius recognized too well?
I thought then that you were the bravest girl I’d ever met, and nothing that’s happened since has changed my mind.
...my heart rides the wind and my thoughts sail away - to a land below the horizon where I know you hide from me...
...dark embers smolder inside me - one touch and they flare - who would have thought memory combustible, or near you bright sparks appear?...
...I always thought youth were idealists - now, I'm not so sure - I'm more idealistic now then at 17...
I wondered if hurdlers ever thought, you know, "This would go faster if we just got rid of the hurdles.
Only victors have stories to tell, we the vanquished were then thought of as cowards and weaklings whose memories and fears should not be remembered.
The future does not wait for hesitant people. The more we achieve, the more we realise how much more we can achieve.
Creativity should be integral to everything that we do. Creativity should also be intrinsic to our personality, if excellence is what we seek.
I have said it loud and clear: Beware, men, lest women deprive you of all the leadership positions in the country.
Every nation can harness the energy of its citizens, either towards constructive work to generate optimism and hope, or towards tensions, unrest and war.
It wasn’t so much that I thought there was nowhere to go, in this huge city; but with so many places to go, where were you supposed to begin?
Really, he thought, if you couldn't trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust?
Someone dehumanises you by violating your child and every human thought you had for them is broken, undermined, then gone.
Men exist because a vibrator can't fix a flat tire. On second thought, I should just buy a AAA card...
