Perhaps the best definition of progress would be the continuing efforts of men and women to narrow the gap between the convenience of the powers that be and the unwritten charter.

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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...

A desert is a place without expectation.

A desert is a place without expectation.

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

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

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...

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

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...

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

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...

The facts are always less than what really happened.

The facts are always less than what really happened.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of...

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of...

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...