To perceive Christmas through its wrapping becomes more difficult with every year. "The Distant Music of the Hounds, " 1954

Cheers went up around the decks as the Dolphins oars began to move as one in and out shifting and cutting away at the sea beneath, SICANIA RISING

And this is when I knew I was black for real.This is when I knew black was a citywhose walls were constantly under siege....

curling leaves and twining branches outside my bay window look like a Van Gogh in the starlight - there is a river out there somewhere

There is a vast existence beyond what our eyes can see, and if we close our minds we limit our possibilities.

Dad taught me everything I know, but he would never tell me anything he knew.

I am convinced that the path to a new, better and possible world is not capitalism, the path is socialism.

For me, The Kite Runner became about a guy who’s emotionally shut down because he hasn’t confronted his past.

I hope to contribute to a global warming of hearts and a climate change in human consciousness.

M&A negotiations feel really fun. This is one of the biggest killers of companies, is they entertain acquisition conversations.

Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely gives him comfortable subsistence.