Overhead the sliver of a moon barely illuminated anything and shadows slunk on every corner.

The night had darkened to the murky sort where the air hung like descending clouds and the overhead branches made the liquid darkness even more impenetrable.

Ignore the reek of feces in the air, the bloodstains on the ground, and you have yourself a glorious night.

Sorry, one night stands don't stack up as credentials for tending bar.

Whatever crimes this man had committed, they weren't as egregious as his inflated self-image.

When honor and glory get your squad killed and your brothers-in-arms shoved under the rug, you stop believing in the terms.

Ignorance breeds fear. Tell people the truth. Trust them to keep their heads.

No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought that counts." -Bob Proctor

The field was wet, the lane was wet, and the spirits of my mechanic and helper were damp.

There is a lovely root to the word humiliation - from the latin word humus, meaning soil or ground. When we are humiliated, we are in effect returning to the ground of our being.

The need to treat ourselves as well as we treat others. It's women's version of the Golden Rule.

You can very easily be turned into a commodity. I've grown up with it.

You have money, fame, youth, beauty, talent. That's a good start... for feeling good.

A writer should always feel like he's in over his head

Shallow uniformity is not an accident but a consequence of what Marxists optimistically call late capitalism.

Civilization is a network and a maze of precedences and custom.