Writers speak for those who are kept in silence

True friendship resists time, distance and silence.

What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.

She intended to swallow the world and he lived crushed by reality.

Silence before being born, silence after death: life is nothing but noise between two unfathomable silences.

We need a global approach to this from all sides. We need to educate people, we need the scientists to create new technologies, we need the engineers to create the networks, we need every human being to be aware of how precious water is and save it. Everybody has to be involved in a very firm and assertive way.

The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn't grow in rich soil but in stony land; the plant, with a mother's obstinacy, overcomes obstacles to thrust its roots deep into the ground and take advantage of every drop of water. That, my grandmother explained to me, is how flavors are concentrated in the grape.