There are many other pleasures - besides the pleasure of physical union.

The first rule of translation: make sure you know at least one of the bloody languages!

The true subject of poetry is the loss of the beloved.

...Never opt for war, no matter how simple it may seem, especially when you know that peace is achievable, even if achieving that peace entails going through a complicated and protracted process,

The carved stone sign in front read Building C.Imaginative title, Langdon thought

No more I do, your Majesty. But what's that got to do with it? I might as well die on a wild goose chase as die here.

I don't even like holding them. Whenever I hold a gun, I want to get it out of my hand as quick as possible.

Some may study side by side, and yet be asunder when they come to the logic of things.

Prediction is a low form of journalism.

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.

Shut up, I know what I'm doing!

So," he asked. "How's death?" "Hard," she said. "It just keeps going.

I was the youngest in my family. When the other kids went to school, my mother would make them breakfast and then she would go back to bed for an hour, so I was sort of babysat by television.