"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all."
Give your thoughts to God, and give me your body.
"Stories are the threads that weave the fabric of our humanity."
The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.
The international system is inherently competitive, and states are constantly trying to outmaneuver each other.