Time had taught him that whether his sins were pardoned or left unforgiven, they would remain committed. Tomorrow he would hopefully choose wiser, with a stronger measure of compassion.

When he spoke of love, it was in the manner of someone who can recite a phrase in a foreign language but has no idea what it means. He only knows that it sounds pretty.

He now realized that right and wrong were intertwined notions. His arms could not differentiate between just and unjust causes. They only knew that they were empty.

Create a world for yourself in which you can rest, until then stay restless.

& besides, I don’tdesign my smiles to be nets because I’m not fishing

Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother.

Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.

He swept Raisa up into his arms and kissed her like it was his first, last, and only

The global triumph of American technology has been predicated on the implicit separation between the business interests of Silicon Valley and the political interests of Washington.

The modern corporation must manufacture not only goods but the desire for the goods it manufactures.

While data can only tell you what has happened in the past, it can in some ways give you a sense of what might be of interest to an audience in the future.

Life's up and down from the time you get here to the time you leave.

I was going to die and it was taking forever.