A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

I'm learning English at the moment. I can say 'Big Ben', 'Hello Rodney', 'Tower Bridge' and 'Loo'.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but...

And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool.

[Mouse is] with us. The dog is a handicap-assist animal.The kid lifted his eyebrows.My mouth is partially paralyzed, I said. It makes it hard for me to read. He's here to help me with the big words. T...

[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.

Wearing Nametags- On YourselfThe purpose of wearing nametags in the first place is for people to see your name. Otherwise, why bother? We have all seen nametag placements that range from proper to dow...

We're not hunter-gatherers anymore. We're all living like patients in the intensive care unit of a hospital. What keeps us alive isn't bravery, or athleticism, or any of those other skills that were v...

Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum nicht jede wächst zur Frucht sie schimmern hell wie Rosenschaum durch Blau und Wolkenflucht. Wie Blüten geh'n Gedanken auf hundert an jedem Tag -- lass' blühen, lass...

There are those who seek me a lifetime but never we meet,And those i kiss but who trample me beneath ungrateful feet.At times i seem to favor the clever and the fair,But i bless all those who are brav...

The Father made men curious, some say to test our faith. It is my own abiding sin that whenever I come upon a door I must needs see what lies upon the farther side, but certain doors are best left uno...

No investigation of the human story in the Americas [...] can ignore the role of Siberia as a crossroads in the migrations of our ancestors. Moreover, despite the fact that only a tiny fraction of its...

Isaiah pushes off his car and invades my personal space. His dark scent envelops me and my heart literally trips several times as it tries to continue to beat. Even though he doesn’t touch me, it’s li...

In the old legends, Arachne had gotten into trouble because of pride. She’d bragged about her tapestries being better than Athena’s, which had led to Mount Olympus’s first reality TV punishment progra...

In almost nine cases out of ten, those who have once had the Faith but now reject it, or claim that it does not make sense, are driven not by reasoning but by the way they are living

In a booth, Bailey sat next to Vaughn while frowning at her drink. I need a man! she declared when she saw me. Vaughn glanced at her and sighed. I’ll do you, but no names. Bailey didn’t get it, but I...

I'm not a monster, I'd told her, back when I said I would never hurt Oak. But maybe being a monster was my calling.

I will remember, Your Grace, said Sansa, though she had always heard that love was a surer route to the people's loyalty than fear. If I am ever a queen, I'll make them love me.