Think of any great man or woman. How can you separate them from the years in which they lived? You can't. Their greatness lies in their response to that moment.

He said that in a way being loved is like being told you never have to die.

Think of any great man or woman. How can you separate them from the years in which they lived? You can't. Their greatness lies in their response to that moment.

I still maintain that an ordinary human being has the right to be horrified by a mangled body seen on an afternoon walk.

I write against violence. I write against fascism. I write against one person dominating another.

There are no beginnings, not even to stories. There are only places where you make an entrance into someone else's life and either stay or turn and go away.

They waited. The door did not open. The rain did not stop. The darkness made a tent and covered them completely.