AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.

ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.

JEALOUS, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.

Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.

Inhumanity, n. One of the signal and characteristic qualities of humanity.

NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.

Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.

POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

If you wanna make friends at the ATM, do the creep.

You can change a person in their exterior aspects, but the soul remains, it still is there, and especially if that person has been changed involuntarily.

Industry prospers when it offers people articles which they want more than they want anything they now have. The fact is that people never buy what they need. They buy what they want.

Music has fed me a lot of ideas... The film BLUE VELVET came out of Bobby Vinton's version of the song BLUE VELVET.

I don't think if you take somebody's temperature a lot that will make them well.

I just wanted it to be American.

While the cast of characters stays the same, I always try to add in new information so readers get to know the people they care about better with each story.

I was created in love. For that reason nothing can express my beauty nor liberate me except love alone.

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

I just Fell Down the Stairs Holding a Guitar and Accidentally Wrote a One Direction Song