Man is the only predator who hunts his own.

In the intelligence community, a rumor was almost as good as a confirmation.

The CIA’s offices in London were no secret to the MI6. In fact, the two agencies were practically kissing cousins.

Such was the hidden power of nature, capable of producing extreme beauty and cruelty at the same time.

To the heads of the new Islamic State, their God was money and power on earth.

There is no room for emotion in business.

Other people imagined demons and monsters under the bed. Robert had actually seen them.

ISIS was not particular about how their soldiers made it to Jannah, so long as they inflicted maximum damage..

Faith is a focus on God.

Solitude, a time for memories, a time to dream, a time for passions to simmer quietly in the dark recesses of the mind, eager to fly yet merely reflections in the minds eye...

Frightened that you'll be overcome by yourself? That a gentle monster inside of you might take over and never let go?

Fun? “Katrina, I didn’t request to be set up on a date. I can’t go meet a complete stranger and….” he scanned the email again. “…and spend the night with her?

I travel a lot, but I don't come away with new inspiration.

The next time you have a thought... let it go.

The poignancy of a photograph comes from looking back to a fleeting moment in a floating world. The transitoriness is what creates the sense of the sacred

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

I am going to seek a grand perhaps.

The sense of being led by an unseen hand which takes mine, while another hand reaches ahead and prepares the way, grows upon me daily.