"A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind."

“Her glare was so intense that you completely forgot she was wearing pink.”

“Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.”

Source : Ptolemy, Frank Egleston Robbins (1940). “Tetrabiblos”, Loeb Classical Library

“Love, the most generous passion of the mind The softest refuge innocence can find”

Source : John Wilmot, John Adlard (2002). “The Debt to Pleasure: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, in the Eyes of His Contemporaries and in His Own Poetry and Prose”, p.11, Taylor & Francis

“At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts: the ability to grieve their loss privately and the knowledge that their country is grateful for their loved one's sacrifice and service.”

“A laser is a weak source of energy. A laser takes [only] a few watts of energy and focuses them in a coherent stream of light. But with a laser, you can drill a hole in a diamond or wipe out cancer.”

“God is never late and rarely early. He is always exactly right on time--His time.”

“My own eyes try to sleep, but they don't. They stay wide awake as time snarls forward and silence drops down, like measured thought.”

“Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously.”