Neither our own passing nor the passing of an era is a tragedy, no matter how much we would like to think it is.

The real gladiators of the world are so humble in their origins and unremarkable in appearance that when we stand next to them in a grocery-store line, we never guess how brightly their souls can burn in the dark.

...and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven.

Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself.

I think all good narration contains an element of mystery and suspense. If it didn't, if the storyline were predictable, we would have no interest in reading it.

I could only wonder again at the white race's naïveté in always sending forth our worst members as our emissaries.

One day you'll have a quiet heart.