Death is alive, they whispered. Death lives inside life, as bones dance within the body. Yesterday is within today. Yesterday never dies.

Is it a crime to want to be good? she cried

Our power comes from the earth

I am in the earth and the earth is in me

They breathed. They felt their lungs fill the sky, and they let the dark clouds inside them flow out. Then they connected to the earth.

Life shifting, as life does

Gringos! They have copied us again

Can you see a serene island in the middle of a stormy ocean? And the wise man is that calm island!

You know, times change and the elements change along with it. The elements of success. And my son's very successful. He's doing very well. And I have a younger daughter who sings.

History is nothing but a procession of false Absolutes, a series of temples raised to pretexts, a degradation of the mind before the Improbable.

All style is personal - that's what distinguishes it from fashion.

The fundamental question facing Iraq government is whether or not we will stand with reformers across the region. It's really the task. And we're going to stand with this government.

But the game involves only male names. Because, if it's a girl, Laila has already named her

How can my ankles and arms be obscene?

The future struggles that it may not become the past.

Sometimes you find out what you are supposed to be doing by doing the things you are not supposed to do.

Close Dept. of Education, but don't dismantle public schools.