In the new quiet I heard the sea as if my ears were laid against the ocean floor. I could hear everything. The rumbling earthquake of a ship and spider crabs moving between weeds.

She had no God to plead to for mercy or luck. It would be true to say she depended instead on human kindness and painkillers.

Afterwards, I will have to tie the trees to bamboo poles so the wind will not determine their shape. A tree cannot be given form by the vagaries of the wind.

If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and lose it quickly.

They all wanted to model for me because they knew I wouldn’t take advantage of them.

Music is the marriage of the feelings of the living to the wisdom of the dead.

Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner.

Math and reading are my only weaknesses - other than that, Im perfect.

Fatty, a bearded collie-terrier mix, is the kindest, cuddliest dog. And Oliver, a white golden retriever, even looks like me! My dogs have taught me to be more loving, more nurturing, and happier.

I'm very career-driven, so my focus and my energy has been into that.

Avoid the base hypocrisy of condemning in one man what you pass over in silence when committed by another.

I am not a person who pursues luxury. I am not like those people who, once they have money, compulsively squander it or show it off.

The trade of banks is the buying and selling of interest and exchange.