American football makes rugby look like a Tupperware party.

People were endlessly good, wise, and gentle in the midst of all the hurry, the conferences, the dinner invitations, the smell of disinfectant, the meeting reminders.

That was the only decision there was once upon a time: what to do with the night.

Was there some basic flaw in her makeup that made her keep falling in love with this man who couldn’t love her back?

When you have a hammer in your hand, everything around you starts looking like a nail.

I think words were Reagan's greatest weapon - and more powerful than the Strategic Defense Initiative, which did not come to fruition in his lifetime.

I started talking about things that everybody could relate to. And that's not to say I deserted my roots, I just found a way to talk about things in a broad way.

When Tatiana looked up from her ice cream, she saw a soldier staring at her from across the street.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.

The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed, it is out to get you.

The toughest part was doing it in front of the world and recognizing that you had gotten to a point where if you didn't do something you were going to die.