I will give you my days... but, my dear sorceress, your nights are mine.

Lie beside me, oh my beloved! For thy thorns are more pleasurable than the petals of the world.Hold me in thy arms of hope, for the truth of separation can rest tonight.

Without risks my friends there is no progress, no advancement either in science or technology.

Blood diamonds, she thought. That’s exactly what these are. She felt almost as superstitious as the Africans now, as if the pink diamonds themselves had somehow caused all this hardship and death.

Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as for the body.

In some ways, certain books are more powerful by far than any battle.

You do not give preferred deals and dole out favors, lucrative favors, and government partnerships and weapons deals to your clients.

You think it's a blessing to know what God wants? I'll tell you what he wants. He wants to push me over! Can't he see what's inside of me? All my sins.

Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.

Everything is present in its cause, in its fine form.

If you want perfection or close to it...listen to the record.