She stood up for me when no one else would, and I've never forgotten it.

During his frequent stays at Antioch, Tigranes [king of Armenia], a self-styled king of kings, maintained a sumptuous court with a ceremonial of Achaemenid origin that Plutarch has described.

Though some of my adaptations are deliberate, […] most have occurred by themselves, unconsciously, by reprogrammings and adaptations of which I know nothing […]

A Filipino woman looks forward as others raise their gifts during an attempt to break a Guinness world record for the biggest, simultaneous exchange of gifts, or kris kringle, in Manila, Philippines, Dec. 18, 2011.