You were right and I was wrong. When life hurts more than death, it is not worth living..

The Amazons is a stupendous achievement--a long-anticipated centerpiece in the great puzzle of humankind. The story of these forbidden women, silence….

I am sorry I didn’t tell you the truth before. I was hoping I wouldn’t have to. You kept asking about Romeo and what he was really like. I was hoping….

You owe me nothing, but I want everything..

Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow. Well, perhaps you are right. Perhaps the wise spurn one to remain safe from the other, bu….

After the dress rehearsal that afternoon, someone had misplaced the vial of poison, and for lack of better, Romeo would have to commit suicide by eat….

She had died peacefully, in her sleep, after an evening of listening to all of her favorite Fred Astaire songs, one crackling record after another. O….

I’ll be back tomorrow,” he said, “at nine o’clock. Don’t open your door to anyone else.” “Not even my balcony door?” “Especially not your balcony doo….

Was I insane? Maybe. But then, there were many different kinds of insanity. Aunt Rose had always taken for granted that the whole world was in a stat….

Only weak men want women to be weak..

Who is more amateurish, more vulnerable---those who rely on machines that need to be plugged in, or logged on, or in some other way connected in orde….

Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow..

Janice used to say that instinct was reason in a hurry; I was not so sure about the reason part..

The Hawley Book of the Dead had me completely spellbound from beginning to end. A storytelling virtuosa, Chrysler Szarlan has woven a wondrous, scint….

Verona is a very beautiful city, but Siena just never ceases to fascinate me..

Don't underestimate the power of events that happened a long time ago. That is the tragic flaw of modern man..

Think about it. He drinks poison. What kind of man drinks poison? She is the one who stabs herself with his dagger. The manly way..

Peppo!" I yelled, pulling at my cousin's suspenders. "I really don't want to be arrested, okay?" "Don't worry!" Peppo turned a corner and accelerated….

I absolutely believe the past had its share of warrior women who fought like men. Whether some of these were the actual Amazons from Greek myth is an….

.... "death turns all men into great lovers. Would that they were equally ardent while the lady was still alive!.

Perhaps. But the firstborn of hope is tragedy..