When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.

Passion is a rare commodity. When you find it, treasure it and never give it up!

It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between.

Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!

That's what civilization sometimes did to threats, real or perceived. They walled them off. Us against them. Survival of the fittest. You die so I can live.

I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good.

The human spirit was the strongest medicine on earth. And sometimes all it needed was a little encouragement to pull off a miracle.