Franklin was a thin, pink person who was either a genius or, well, not one. Chances weren't.

A self needed to spill out sometimes, a body should show evidence of what the hell went on inside it.

It was hard not to realize what kind of kid his parents wished they'd had, and when he thought about that kind of kid it was tempting for Paul to want to track, hunt, and eat the little thing.

My intention had not been to find her, for I had been busy being lonely with someone else.

Perhaps they didn't know they were at sea. Was there a certain percentage of people at sea who lacked the knowledge that they were at sea?

I am always a perfect gentleman. If you ever want me to not be a perfect gentlemen, you’ll have to ask and not be crying when you do.

Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment.

In a democracy, people always vote for their alike! Pig for the pig, raven for the raven! Dull for the dull, wise for the wise!

All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence.

Ability in man is an apt good, if it be applied to good ends.

My kids probably started drinking coffee in their late teens.

The end of pleasure is to support the offices of life, to relieve the fatigues of business, to reward a regular action, and to encourage the continuance.

When everybody does better, EVERYBODY does better.

Have faith that when bad things happen to you, I belief in an after life, it is better to suffer here on Earth than what awaits you. That is why I pray for pain, and I get it. I do.

People never move towards revolution; they are pushed towards it by intolerable injustices in the economic and social order under which they live.