"Canadians have been very generous toward Haiti after the earthquake and, thanks to you, our most vulnerable people have received food, drinkable water, shelter, medical care and education. For that, we are extremely grateful."

"Like most writers, I find the Web is a wonderful distraction. Who doesn't need that last minute research before writing?"

"During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB."

"The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse."

"We have one life it soon will be past what we do for God is all that will last."