He loved her.And she loved him.And in such bliss does devastation grow.

Her power was a wrenching thing, starless black and sorrow, but my magic was something more...it was hope.

And in such bliss does devastation grow.

Who wanted to be smiled at by the girl that trailed shadows like pets, conjured snakes and waited for Death, her bridegroom, to steal her from these walls?

Fear was a reminder that even the insubstantial could kill. But insubstantial meant it had no shape. It couldn't be conquered or tamed or avoided. Only moved through, with force and will.

I love you, " he murmured into my hair. "You are my night and stars, the fate I would fix myself to in any life.

All war is philosophical. That's why we call it war. Strip it of its paint and it's nothing more than murder.

Beauty, coveted though it was, could not outlive you. Only actions would.

I know your soul. Everything else is just an ornament.

You know nothing about me." "I know your soul. Everything else is an ornament.

My joy was ghostly, like something not quite realized.

Lacking an articulable defense of the cultural values under siege, he became a vessel of smoldering animosities.

A tiny thread can pass through the tiniest hole of the needle, just if you intend to sew.

One-third of our people were dangerously ill, getting worse hourly, and we felt sure of meeting the same fate, with death as our only prospect, which in such a country was much worse yet.

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

There is only one way of victory over the bitterness and rage that comes naturally to us--To will what God wills brings peace.

My friends, how desperately we need to be loved and to love. With it we are creative. With it we march tirelessly. With it, and with it alone, we are able to sacrifice for others.

There is always the danger in scientific work that some word or phrase will be used by different authors to express so many ideas and surmises that, unless redefined, it loses all real significance.

That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree.

An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.