"The people of Earth did not understand that humans were part of a worldwide organism, that something as tiny as a cluster of bacteria could …"

— Sheri S. Tepper

"It was like beginning life anew without the vigor and enthusiasm of youth, like learning to become left-handed in old age."

— Chinua Achebe

"Regime readies path for Raúl Castro's rise" by Frances Robles, Miami Herald"

— Raúl Castro

"Faith is a powerful thing to have in your repertory. ... Certainly, I'd felt despair, sometimes so much that I thought it would be easier to…"

— Debbie Reynolds

"Thus attired, with smiles assumed at the door, the young ladies entered the drawing-room in the full fervour of sisterly animosity."

— Robert Smith Surtees