Obama's latest line is that he didn't establish a "red line" but the world did through its conventions on chemical warfare.
Lawyer even sounds like liar.
These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That's because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs. A good short story asks a question that can't be answered in simple terms. And even if we come up with some understanding, years later, while glancing out of a window, the story still has the potential to return, to alter right there in our mind and change everything.
A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him
Our collective freedom. . . depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.
Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.
Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.
I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.
Water runneth smoothest where it is deepest.
The Harlem of my books was never meant to be real; I never called it real; I just wanted to take it away from the white man if only in my books.