Youth is as easily wasted as a fine wine consumed by a drunken man. There is no poetry in aging, and Javert lived out the process in its most hideous iteration.

There was no justice in rebellion. This Javert had come to believe after seeing Marseille fall headfirst into the abyss of the revolution.

Thus, in the boy’s mind, drink and destruction braided together. Intoxication, he concluded, was a swift and effective catalyst for havoc.

The wise shall learn.

Inspiration in the wee hours of the morning is the golden ticket

The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own style which generates an aura of winning and leaves the rest in darkness. It recognizes neither pity nor pitilessness.

There are so many people with all kinds of lucky things happening to them and they don't know how to use it.

With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to go shopping is way down the list. It is something I do intend to get.

Health and fitness is who I am. It's what I do.

Isn't it odd that the guy was politically correct in one particularly weird way. Bill Clinton never lit a cigar.

I'm a former bulimic myself and it's a horrible, horrible addiction.

This is what I like, sitting at a table and watching people go by. It does something to your outlook on life. The Anglo-Saxons make a great mistake not staring at people from a sidewalk table.

He did not study God; he was dazzled by him.