Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. – Barbara Tuchman
If there is any secret to my success, I think its that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them. – Sidney Sheldon
I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when youve lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change. – Richard Nelson Bolles
There is one way of breathing that is shameful and constricted. Then, there’s another way: a breath of love that takes you all the way to infinity. – Rumi
Man talks about everything, and he talks about everything as though the understanding of everything were all inside him. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
