Argot is both a literary and a social phenomenon. What is argot, properly speaking? Argot is the language of misery.

You don't need vision to be a visionary.

Design implies a sense of mapping something out and then you follow the plan.

I'm afraid Sadiq Khan is completely wrong. The European Court of Justice is the supreme legal authority in our country.

You see, at the beginning we weren't fighters. We weren't yellers or throwers, even if we eventually came to be. It would take time and much deeper wounds for us to get to that point.

make no mistake about it, the detective-story is part of the literature of escape, and not of expression.

I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.

If you are under control, you lose the danger of glimpsing an unknown realm.

I don't like to think on obstacles. I guess that if you focus your mind on obstacles, they will grow bigger.

Firequencher raised his hand. "I've been staying out of family conversations. Do I get credit for that?

I think [the death penalty is] very expensive, and the delays are inordinate, delaying closure for the victims' families.