Weather creates character.

it's perfectly possible to hate one's fat and to love one's body at the same time.

the islands of Italy combine all the elements - fire, water, earth, and air - and that is irresistible.

Persecution always acts as a jell for members of cults; it proves to them, in the absence of history, liturgy, tradition, and doctrine, that they are God's chosen.

truth ... is the first casualty of tyranny.

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

to have a crisis, and act upon it, is one thing. To dwell in perpetual crisis is another.