No one remembers her beginnings. Mothers and aunts tell us about infancy and early childhood, hoping we won't forget the past when they had total control over our lives and secretly praying that because of it, we'll include them in our future.

whoever said progress was a positive thing has never been to Florida or California.

When the corpses are cleared no new order will emerge. Power, society, relationships, will descend in all their confusion on a new generation. The old, who started this conflagration, will retreat, worn out, the survivors and the young will continue the dance.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients.

There are more differences between poor people than between middle-class people.

I believe all literature started as gossip.