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“There are definite advantages to single beds." He sat up abruptly and arranged her legs around his waist. "Makes cuddling mandatory.”
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“Life is but a series of memories you make.”
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“Asking journalists to denounce leaks because of their deleterious effects on the functioning of government is as hopeless as asking an airline to denounce jet fuel because of its impact on the environment.”
Source : "Why We Publish Leaks," Washington Post, 13 February 1998. The question is not whether the Post should "denounce" leaks-truly a red herring- but whether it will use leaks that put U.S. personnel in danger.
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“A social impact bond is a new way of bringing financing into social and environmental support issues.”
Source : "How Modern Finance Promises to Break the Cycle of Recidivism". "PBS NewsHour" with Paul Solman, www.pbs.org. March 14, 2013.
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“It's insecure, and it's immature.”
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“It had been the longest time since she had had a rib-scraping laugh. She had forgotten how deep and down it could be. So different from the miscellaneous giggles and smiles she had learned to be content with these past few years.”
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“But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.”
Source : Lewis Hyde (1986). “Alcohol and Poetry: John Berryman and the Booze Talking”, Dallas Inst Humanities & Culture
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“What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life by him who interests his heart in every thing, and who, having eyes to see, what time and chance are perpetually holding out to him as he journeyeth on his way, misses nothing he can fairly lay his hands on.”