The Caribbean is such an apocalyptic place, whether it's the decimation of the indigenous populations

by the Europeans, whether it's the importation of slaves and their subsequent being worked to death by the millions in many ways, whether it's the immigrant processes which began for many people, new worlds ending their old ones.
Junot Diaz

A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it... its appeal is permanent.
Loretta Young

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.
Voltaire

We don't develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Barbara De Angelis

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
G. M. Trevelyan

People who don't believe in God may have their own way of justifying some bad act they have committed.
Lee Greenwood

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
Carl von Clausewitz

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
Soren Kierkegaard

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
Confucius