In a contest between new technology and old ways of life, it is the traditional rhythms that will hold. Traditional societies make up more than two-thirds of the world, the two-thirds that will not be going online to "save" time but will remain wedded to the knowledge that if the bus doesn't come that day, it will come someday. After all, there is nothing but time.

The music in his laughter had a way of rounding off the missing notes in her soul.

black isn't beautiful and it isn't ugly - black is! It's not kinky hair and it's not straight hair - it just is.

You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence.

Time is a funny thing. I was always puzzled with the way a single day could stretch itself out to the point of eternity in your mind, all while years melted down into the fraction of a second.

A myth is more powerful - and more lasting - than reality.

a star dies in heaven every time you snatch away someone's dream.