He turned one of his death rays into an ice cream maker, except he said I shouldn’t eat too much of it at once.”I nodded slowly. “Right, ” I said. “That’s…sweet, I think.

Heloise learned to love Abelard solely for who he was. That forbidden love brought her nothing but pain, but she would rather have shame and pain with Abelard than peace and happiness without him.

If he treats you a choice like A, B, C, and D, help him understand that YOU are not belong in the choices.

Africa has within it everything it needs to reach the peace. But Africa does not do Africa, Africa does foreigners

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.

When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade and no horses are kept, a cow is kept for every three acres of land.

I just want to not be me.

It is best to know the worst at once.

Life shoould be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at other move forward with it.

I am comforted by the assurance that there will be beautiful music in heaven, and for that I am most grateful.

We with our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest... But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground.