But Rosa soon made the discovery that Miss Twinkleton didn't read fairly. She cut the love-scenes, interpolated passages in praise of female celibacy, and was guilty of other glaring pious frauds.

For certain, neither of them sees a happy Present, as the gate opens and closes, and one goes in, and the other goes away.

A writer looks at an issue and asks, 'What if this were to occur? Or what if that was thrown into the mix? What would that look like?

You really want to know what else it was my mom said about you?" he asked.She shook her head.He didn't seem to notice. "She said you'd break my heart, " he told her, and left.

Now she wanted for me the same thing I thought I wanted. Acceptance, in her eyes, was simply another means for survival.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.

They didn’t tell me I was going into space until after they locked the shuttle doors and started counting down.

Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.

Because humans, in effect, created dogs through domestication, the canine mind reflects back to us how we see ourselves through the eyes, ears, and noses of another species.

It's choice that makes us human.

Great leaders are never too proud to learn.