A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.

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There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid...

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid...

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women...

A desert is a place without expectation.

A desert is a place without expectation.

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed...

The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed...

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.

Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.

Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.

The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.

There can be no true response without responsibility; there can be no responsibility without response.

There can be no true response without responsibility; there can be no responsibility without response.

We're in a fight for our principles and our first responsibility is to live by...

We're in a fight for our principles and our first responsibility is to live by...