And so he found himself always in search of the perfect love, always unable to find it or sustain it, and predisposed to reenact his mother’s bewildering abandonment of him.

Of all the weapons the Europeans brought to the Pacific, guns included, none was more powerful and more capable of effecting lasting change than written language.

The next day, Magellan gave the order to weigh anchor. The ships fired a salvo of cannon that reverberated among the splendid dark green mountains, gray ravines, and azure glaciers of the strait, and the armada set sail once again, heading west, always west.

City of Gold. City of Water. City of Faiths. " Quien no ha visto Sevilla, " runs a saying, " no ha visto maravilla ".

Oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth's surface. Our planet has been misnamed; it is the ocean planet.

Striving for perfection is a good and worthwhile effort. Expecting to actually attain perfection can kill you.

And so he found himself always in search of the perfect love, always unable to find it or sustain it, and predisposed to reenact his mother's bewildering abandonment of him.