family

"Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?"

"As children, we learned that if no one hits first, no fight is possible. Therefore, refraining from ‘first-strike’ force, theft, or fraud, is the first step in creating peace."

"Bright reds – scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry – are very cheerful and youthful."

"Skin of Light and Last Letter to his Wife"

"In the country of the blind, who are not as unobservant as they look, the one-eyed is not king, he is spectator."

"15 year old Fulfuli Rani Roy was kidnapped by local Muslims from Dolapar in the state of Rajshahi. Her father filed a complaint with the local police, identifying the perpetrator as Mahabul Islam, the…"

"I find that whenever I am in power, or my father was in power, somehow good things happen. The economy picks up, we have good rains, water comes, people have crops. I think the reason this happens is …"

"'Circle' was published at last . Mondrian has made his studio opposite so very beautiful, and his company was always inspiring, as it had been in Paris when we used to visit him. After a while he real…"

"Any sensible person right now would join an organisation."

"I am asking you again to marry me as I did a fortnight ago."

"It was very difficult in the beginning, when everybody was talking about it. My mother just couldn't take it. It hurt her terribly. She used to worry all the time, go in to depression frequently. When…"

"The Odyssey of Homer, trans. Samuel Butcher and Andrew Lang"

"Everyone in my family was so amazing and supportive. Granddad and Mema let us move back in with them so Mom wouldn't have to worry about a mortgage payment or rent and our other expenses would be mini…"

"Osler resources online at Johns Hopkins University"

"Hundred dollar bills have a hypnotic effect on a person not used to them."

"the Indians, were like the weeds. That roses you had to water and give fertilizer or they’d die. But weeds, indigenous plants, you gave them nada-nothing; hell, you even poisoned them and put concrete…"

"I would like my books to stand as a tool to unbind children from expectations of poetry because it should free the child to self-expression and exploration."

"Tatay has always been the center of our family. He was a father first and foremost and a man who deeply loved his country and his people second. He devoted his entire life to public service."

"I said to a guy, I said, "Tell me, what is it about cocaine that makes it so wonderful?", and he said, "Well, it intensifies your personality." I said, "Yes, but what if you're an asshole?"

"Two-parent stability trumps geographical stability."