We must conquer war or war will conquer us.

A deck of cards was built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it and a lackey to those above it.

Power politics is the diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.

The sum of all technical knowledge cannot make a master contract player.

I had always been fascinated by the bizarre world of cards. It was a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments were meted out immediately.

Politics. The diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

When a show ends, for a few days, my body sizzles with leftover energy, like a tree in the wake of a lightning strike.

What is most personal is most universal.

The investigators are gathering evidence all the time and they've put together a package of evidence.

The merry cuckow, messenger of Spring, His trumpet shrill hath thrice already sounded.

I will buy any creme, cosmetic, or elixir from a woman with a European accent.

Now the culture is made of old things, it's a collage. Art made out of art is not art. You're supposed to make art out of life.

Every once in a while, I'll have a 'Do you know who I am?' moment, at least in my head. I hate that.

Even if you didn't come from another country, the idea of how do you make a home somewhere new is common to anyone who's either going to college, shifting towns.

There are no random acts.

Forgiveness is possible even when there is no restitution, no remorse on the part of the perpetrator.