Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.

Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.

It is the man who all his life has been self-convicted of veracity whose lies find quickest credence.

You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

You go to the marketplace and there are seventeen consciousnesses moving in and out. Sometimes you want the same shirt that I want, and our thought bubbles collide a bit and that makes plot.

Companies prefer to put money in the pockets of shareholders or to hoard cash rather than to raise wages or invest.

Politics is about a lot more than winning and losing. I think politics at its best is about compromise, shades of grey and about issues.

Let us be happy too when we see a happy man, because happiness is a candle light in this dark universe!

I really did not feel okay about any of this, and there was really nothing I could do about any of it.

I work very hard and I'm worth every cent.

With prose you can incorporate more details, develop scenes, sustain the tension in a special way. Prose has its own speed.