I suddenly recall the arpeggios of laughter lilting across the tender, springtime grass-gay-welling, far-floating, fluent, spontaneous, a bell-like feminine fluting, then suppressed; as though snuffed swiftly and irrevocably beneath the quiet solemnity of the vespered air now vibrant with somber chapel bells.

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it." Stephen Covey "It takes a deep commitment to change and an even deeper commitment to grow.

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

You start Saul, and end up Paul,' my grandfather had often said. 'When you're a youngun, you Saul, but let life whup your head a bit and you starts to trying to be Paul - though you still Sauls around on the side.

Power, for the writer....lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity.

I am nobody but myself.

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.