Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

You’d best teach me how to raise hell because we’re going to need it.

Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.

Run a home like you would a small business and treat it with the same seriousness.

I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

Brief and powerless is man's life; on him and all his race the slow, sure doom falls pitiless and dark.

Guns know no policy except destruction.

Today the term "global" can no longer constitute a serious topic for an in-depth intellectual discussion because it simply means "Camerica".

What we Americans need to do is respect that incredible blessing that we have as a nation and make sure that we are leading in the best ways possible.

I think women are amazing and womens friendships are like a sisterhood and we should see more of it in television and film.

A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense.