Human beings seem unable to live without war, but they are also unable to live without love.

That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.

There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.

Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They're usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there's the business of war.

He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.

...a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no struggle at all.

She viewed ethnic cleansing, famine and genocide as direct threats to her furniture.

Empathy may be the single most important quality that must be nurtured to give peace a fighting chance.

NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs.

Remember the 11th commandment. Thou shalt not take thyself to damn seriously.

American corporate capitalism is a murder-suicide mission.

What you know is what you share

The poor monkey, quietly seated on the ground, seemed to be in sore trouble at this display of anger.

The first boy I fell in love with didn't know I loved him, but he managed to break my heart anyway.

I love going to tag sales, to auctions.

I should know, for I am Morgaine le Fay, priestess of the Isle of Avalon, where the ancient religion of the Mother Goddess is born.

Make sure your desire to do what you're aspiring to do is deeper than just fame and being a celebrity.

We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science, and I really believe the United States can be the leader in delivering that message to our international trading partners.

A country's middle class is its bedrock.