Where timber vegetation is ruthlessly destroyed, aridity and its sequence sterility will prevail and the hotter the climate, the more to be dreaded.

All I need is a sheet of paperand something to write with, and thenI can turn the world upside down.

My body is like a Temple in Nepal. It is sacred, but has a lot of damage from the earthquake of my youth!

Do whatever you want to do, whenever you want to do it

Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.

Inexperience is what makes a young man do what an older man says is impossible.

You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]

Sarah Palin's a quitter.

It's taken me 30 years to get this way, and I don't intend to let go. I work hard, but I play hard, too, and that's the one part of me that nobody sees. But I intend to be around for a long time yet.

I wanted to create an environment in which more than just personal essays could be represented, and in which stranger approaches to making essays could be celebrated.

I’m sorry,” he repeats again, too low for Raven and Tack to hear. “I’m sorry for everything.