The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.

Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before.

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events.

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

Ben let a slow smile play over his face. He loved this part. It always felt like revealing to a disbeliever that he had magical powers or something.

Arms wrapped around me, I looked over the past boxed up and piled haphazardly about, like memories in a person’s brain. It was only a matter of knowing where a thought was and dusting it off.

The proper thing to do is to admit that hell is real and to allow our feelings of discomfort to motivate us to action.

I have bad car juju." -Stephanie Plum

So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real.

I'd much rather be playing songs than talking to people.

When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.

Even though we are deceived, still believe. Though we are betrayed, still forgive. Love completely even those who hate you.

To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.

You don't have to wear expensive clothes to look good.