Live every week like it's shark week.
I understand that you are still grieving. But we will always be grieving.
the one for whom the sun shines. . -Ramses II
After all, that's why we read historical fiction-to be transported to another time, and to be astonished at ancient people's lives and traditions, just as they would probably be astonished at ours.
there is nothing to fear but fear itself yet even then fear shouldn't be feared because fear cannot take what is protected by change
There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. —MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
These will be my last moments of peace. . . . From now on, my love. . . will bring nothing but chaos.
I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.
When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.
If on your own or by the criticism of others you discover error in your work, correct it then and there; otherwise in exposing your work to the public, you will expose your error also.
If we were built, what were we built for?. . . Why do we have this amazing collection of sinews, senses, and sensibilities? Were we really designed in order to recline on the couch, extending our wrists perpendicular to the floor so we can flick through the television's offerings? Were we really designed in order to shop some more so the economy can grow some more? Or were we designed to experience the great epiphanies that come from contact with each other and with the natural world?