Dreams American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America only in their dreams. Pico Iyer 21
Soul For more and more of us, home has really less to do with a piece of soil than, you could say, with a piece of soul. If somebody suddenly asks me,... Pico Iyer 17
Future Where you come from now is much less important than where you're going. More and more of us are rooted in the future or the present tense as much as... Pico Iyer 20
Birthday I can still remember the afternoon, on my 15th birthday, when I opened up 'The Virgin and the Gypsy,' D.H. Lawrence's novella, in my tiny cell in... Pico Iyer 12
Christmas My Christmas present to myself each year is to see how much air travel can open up the world and take me to places as far from sheltered California... Pico Iyer 14
Communication If we do away with semi-colons, parentheses and much else, we will lose all music, nuance and subtlety in communication - and end up shouting at one... Pico Iyer 11
Communication Contractions, 'U' for 'you' and the like are wonderful to make communication brief and efficient - but we wouldn't want all our talk to be only... Pico Iyer 17
