It is unbearably painful for the soul to love silently.
More and more leaders around the world are joining the struggle. More and more individuals understand that any abuse of any woman is intolerable.
Nowhere in the world is a woman safe from violence. The strengthening of global commitment to counteract this plague is a movement whose time has come.
. . . the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of a self-sacrificing devotion to the flag, a leader, a religeous faith or political conviction.
If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.
I've played Lear three times, I would love to do it again.
Every poem I write falls short in some important way. But I go on trying to write the one that won’t.