The error was not yours, Somerled, " Eyvind said quietly, moving to the doorway. "It was mine. I failed to teach you the one lesson you could not do without: how to be a man.

I wonder how it takes you, that moment when everything turns to shadows. - Somerled.

I wonder how it takes you, that moment when everything turns to shadows.

Peril-ridden and fragile, the imperfect human body, what a shameful thing it was!

Find your center and stay there. It will allow you to live your life to its maximum.

A few drinks later you're not so choosy when the closing lights strip off the shadows on this strange new flesh you've found.

A strong, educated middle class is what made America the greatest country in the world.

And I think to myself what a wonderful world. Oh, yeah.

For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions.

he cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and wonder that makes life worth living...

Now and again there will be the occasional joke about owing someone two dollars from the days in '63 when I was a broke blues singer with a washboard, but it's good. I'm happy.

It is a great feeling of course to have scored so many runs, but that is what I play cricket for: to score lots of runs.

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty ... students perusal of the sacred volume will make us better citizens.