I was alone, without a single cent, in an unknown country. If I'd learned anything from last year's ill-fated adventures, though, it was not to get overwhelmed by minor inconveniences.

I had a serious library at my disposal, because my Popo believed that culture entered by osmosis and it was better to start early, but my favorite books were fairy tales.

I'd realized that in writing happiness is useless-without suffering there is no story.

It is generally the trustful and optimistic people who can afford to retreat. The loveless and faithless ones are compelled by their pessimism to attack.

I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.

Every angry thought makes it a little easier to get angry the next time, and a little more likely.

The person lives most beautifully who does not reflect upon existence

I learned that realism can come in all shapes and sizes. The world is big enough for different values to coexist.

Death is the price we pay for life, so make it worth it.

There is no greater mystery to me than that of light traveling through darkness.

I have a great deal of concern for any president and the amount of power they accumulate versus congress. I'm a stickler about the idea of separation of powers.

However you define territorial ambitions, it need not be a country that's right next to the U.S. for it to exercise its extraterritorial or territorial ambitions.

After all, what is a lovely phrase? One that has mopped up as much Truth as it can hold.