Even if the last move did not succeed, the inner command says move again.

Im a firm believer in learning by heart.

The gift of writing is to be self-forgetful...

Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere.

Once off the bush The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour. I always felt like crying. It wasn't fair That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot. Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not. -Blackberry picking

The external reality and inner dynamic of happenings in Northern Ireland between 1968 and 1974 were symptomatic of change, violent change admittedly, but change nevertheless, and for the minority living there, change had been long overdue.

I suppose I did feel a certain public pressure always.