the dandlings and caressings of maternal love

We sailed up the East Coast of England from Ipswich to South Shields.

The silent city asleep at our back , joyless and unalive.

“It wasn't until after Sept. 11 that most of us realized that for the first time in human history,” Mr. Blacker said, “a nonstate actor, a group of religious extremists at the very bottom of the international system, had the capability to inflict devastating damage on the very pinnacle of the international system.”