God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is 'no'.

God, grant me strength to accept those things I cannot change.

What's the matter?'' She immediately started laughin. ''What's the mattter? Everything is the matter! Rocks! Trees! Atoms! Even anteaters! Everything is the matter!

Writing an informative yet compact thriller is a lot like making maple sugar candy. You have to tap hundreds of trees - boil vats and vats of raw sap - evaporate the water - and keep boiling until you've distilled a tiny nugget that encapsulates the essence.

When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how itcomes out.

Nothing is hidden that will not be made known; nothing is secret that will not come to light.

There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist