She’d found him. She’d helped him. She’d saved him. He was hers. And they’d taken him away, ripped him from her arms, literally.

The fact that he and she understood each other without a word seemed to bring them nearer than any explanation would have done.

Hope ... is not a feeling it is something you do.

They mention that it's a nonstop flight. Well, I must say I don't care for that sort of thing. Call me old fashioned, but I insist that my flight stop. Preferably at an airport.

Whether you're a libertarian liberal or a more egalitarian liberal, the idea is that justice means being non-judgmental with respect to the preferences people bring to public life.

One of those lies is that all we need to do is elect more Democrats. No. That actually isn't going to get us to the Promised Land.

It's impossible to tell what's going on at any given moment in Tomb of the Dragon Emperor; it's even harder to care about being able to tell.

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom.

The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages.

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.