I am afraid of her, afraid of what she says-and thrilled by it too, because it means I don't have to accept that I am smaller than I once believed.

Some people will always fear change. But we can't indulge them.

It doesn't take skill to stand in a place were no bullets find you, or to fire into the dark and hit a man you didn't see.

I think they're going to force us to eat lots of cake and then take an unreasonably long nap.

I will be my undoing, If I become my obsession. I will forget the ones I love, If I do not serve them. I will war with others, If I refuse to see them. Therefore, I choose to turn away From my reflection, To rely not on myself But on my brothers and sisters, To project always outward Until I disappear [And only God remains.]

Since he saved me from the attack, I have associated his smell with safety, so as long as I focus on it, I feel safe now.

Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personality - of humankind's inclination towards evil, in whatever form that is. They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world's disarray.