There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to be as near to hell as they can.

An elevator doesn’t exist without its freight. If there’s no one to get on, the elevator remains in quiescence. The elevator and the passenger need each other.

A slow hour passed, distracted by intermittent drops of moisture from above, as if the sky were conducting a feasibility study on the implications of rain. Of committing to a course of action.

I can't even make up a rhyme about an umbrella, let alone death and life and eternal peace.

When quitting is done correctly, it isn't giving up - it's making room for something better.

We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.

I'm the ultimately responsible person in this organization. Other people can pass the buck to me, but I can't pass the buck to anyone else.

In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else.

I saw that with Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin in 2008. I mean, I came away from the 2008 campaign feeling really icky.

They can't do without electricity. They can do with less electricity.

Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless eagerness. Love is strongest in pursuit; friendship in possession.

Popularity and democracy aren't a judge, they're just stats.

Every day on the water is a good day!