It was, she believed, a simple and unassailable fact of life that if a woman went to epic lengths to throw herself on the mercy of a man, the man would not, could not, refuse.

Her only shame was that she felt none.

Geoff’s arm emanated with a solid warmth I longed for after our days aboard S.S. British-Craphole.

Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.

You always got to be happy when somebody likes what you do. It's stupid not to be happy.

It's never bad to be liked, and who doesn't feel good being liked, but that can't be your end game goal.

And so I pray I am today as honest with myself, with life all around me and below and above me, with all who I encounter.

Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.

The drowsy stillness of the afternoon was shattered by what sounded to his strained senses like G.K. Chesterton falling on a sheet of tin.

When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process.

Transformation is not automatic. It must be learned; it must be led.