Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance

Forget not the Sacred Sands...The grains that pass through Time’s ancient hands!

Parents should never have to bury their own children.

If my Dad doesn't like you, you will know. My Mom is just too innocent to ever lie. She doesn't even cuss.

The strongest streak in the American character is a fierce pragmatism that mistrust blind ideology of every stripe and insists on finding what really works.

Life alone can rekindle life.

There's only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but there's no road leading from the ridiculous to the sublime.

All great men are partially inspired.

Languages are jealous sovereigns, and passports are rarely allowed for travellers to cross their strictly guarded borders.

Art is a jealous mistress.

I'm always loading my brain with new ways of looking at something.