Graham Greene

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

Next door to Ethiopia spreading out along the strategic Red Sea coastline is Eritrea, a relatively new country, and a place that few Americans seem to fully understand.