My heart is lost; the beasts have eaten it.

I laugh, and it sounds like I've been sucking helium.

I have had my mother's wing of my genetic ancestry analyzed by the tracing service and there it all is: the arrow moving northward from the African savannah, skirting the Mediterranean by way of the...

I gaze out, to the stars. I remember the first time I saw real stars, through the hatch window. They were beautiful then, but now, seeing them here, all around me, beautiful feels like an inadequate w...

How would I explain to him that I couldn’t make peace with him? How would I explain that if I did I would immediately lose my inner balance? How would I explain that one of the arms of my internal sca...

Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it.

Ancient custom has the force of law.

We stand the risk of backwardness, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.

Who ever thought to put the word "hero" in heroin?

As she gracefully descended down portico, the white gloved hand of the lady of the estate met the white-glove worn by a Negro footman, as a vast expanse of hoop skirt filled the carriage doorway. It w...

Once in a very blue moon, John Tallow imagined his younger self standing down the timeline of his present life, bare toes curling in teenage beach sand, looking ahead to today and watching his future...

The reason people fear to confide in anyone is that even an internal friend can make personal details external, and it will remain eternal.

Nothing is more important to human beings than an ecologically functioning, life sustaining biosphere on the earth. It is the only habitable place we know of in a forbidding universe. We all depend on...

Centrally planned economies are upended by out of control population. Their escape valve is eugenics.

Try as you might, you'll never be able to please an environmentalist. You can stop using coal to heat your house, you can stop throwing out bottles and cans, you can have every factory in Canada shut...

Affect the main character or characters and you win the game.

I like bread, and I like butter - but I like bread with butter best.

She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible.

Not everyone takes action to harvest the experiences of the seasons of life in order to enjoy their bounty.