Some men simply refuse to appear insulted. But then, having felt the sting from the slap on their cheek, know just where to slip the knife, their smile never fading.

He wore the memory of her embrace like armor, and though he knew it would not save his life, it would be all that was left to him to ease his passage into whatever lay beyond.

Since my arrival in Rome, I have had many opportunities to wonder if compassion’s opposite is cruelty, or to reflect whether or not indifference would serve as a better black to its white.

We would soon be on our way to war, where mercy is unwise and kindness has no place.

Why can’t I remember that not once have I ever seen a coin, whether grimy copper or bright gold, that had but one side.

Ignorance is an underrated virtue, my lord.

Pride costs nothing, yet it is especially precious when it can be “purchased” at someone else’s expense.

I advise, however, moderation in this task of setting goals, or else risk becoming tangled up in a Gordian knot of life’s many disappointments.

Oh, the unintended consequences of perfidy!

Tammaru’s office looked like NASA’s control room designed by Donald Trump.

Let your words match your actions. Become success conscious not failure conscious in order to make your dreams a reality

If you want to know if your brain is flabby, feel your legs.

People learn from who we are, rather than what we say, and to believe otherwise is a disease of the mind.

Every woman deserves a man to ruin her lipstick, not her mascara

Melancholy and remorse forms the deep leaden keel which enables us to sail into the wind of reality.

Sometimes love means not being able to bear seeing the one you love the way they are, when they're not what you hoped for them.

After such an emotional day with her own parents, the thought nearly brought Luce to her knees with sadness. Daniel was alone in the world.

The press is our chief ideological weapon.

There may be always a time of innocence. There is never a place.