1. “I guess everything that comes out of the human mouth is poison.” (John Steinbeck, Cannery Row) 2. “… it’s a very human trait to show to your neighbours the very…
Hope 1. “It is silly not to hope.” (Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea) 2. “Even in the grave all was not lost. Else there is no immortality for…
Home 1. “A man may live in many places and still not call them home.” (Harold Robbins, Stiletto) Homosexuality 2. “I, on the other hand, received no more sensual impression from…
History 1. “Isn’t history continuous? Incidents don’t happen in a vacuum but cause ripples spreading outward, interacting with other ripples, changing their courses and, in turn, being themselves changed.” (Eric Van…
Heroes 1. “… only a small part is played in great deeds by any hero.” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring) History 2. “Granted, there is always much that is…
Happiness 1. “… every gesture, every caress, every touch, every look, every spot of the body, however small it was, had its secret, which would bring happiness to those who…
Guests 1. “But oft the unbidden guest proves the best company.” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers) Habit 2. “Habit is a horrible thing.” (Yukio Mishima, Confessions of a Mask) Hair 3. “Everybody…
Good & Evil 1. “You say that if there were no Evil we wouldn’t have the satisfaction of choosing The Good. And if there were no pain, you say, we’d…
God 1. “Each of us must serve our Lord according to our abilities…” (Peter Matthiessen, At Play in the Fields of the Lord) Good & Evil 2. “There is no good…
1. “Only God is right about everything, which is why we are fortunate that God speaks so seldom.” (Rebecca Solnit, Sontag and Tsunami) 2. “God alone is kind.” (Hermann Hesse, Magister Ludi…