Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.

All sides in a trial want to hide at least some of the truth.

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.