A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

A desert is a place without expectation.

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.

The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison.

Peace. The upland serenity of high altitude, the openness of grassland without indigenous bush or trees; the greening, yellowing or silver-browning that prevailed, according to season.

Writing is making sense of life.

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.

I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

Time is change; we measure its passage by how much things alter.

You tend to become like that, what you want most. Its up to you to make it happen. Expect the best and work for the best. Dedicate yourself and make your life happen with determination.

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

Luck is a residue of design.

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.

Perhaps it's true that I'm very hard on myself, but that's better than exhibiting mediocre work... too few were satisfactory enough to trouble the public with.

But the rational mind usually doesn't decide what emotions we "should" have !

Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring.

Ninety-nine point nine percent of all employees are in the pile because they don't think.

When I first saw tap dancing, I immediately got it: the righteousness of being able to make so much noise with your feet!

Julian was the son of Diokles of Sparta, also known as Diokles the Butcher. That man made the Marquis de Sade look like Ronald McDonald. (Ben)