some things are better off back in the past. Where they belong.

Killing a man should be harder than waving a length of pipe in their direction. It should take long enough for one's conscience to get in the way.

Even in the darkness, his smile threw shadows.

It was the hubris of each generation to think this anew, to think that their time was special, that all things would come to an end with them.

Fiction challenges us and works its miracles by placing us in the skin of another human being and teaching us empathy.

Sometimes a thing needed opening before closure was found.

It’s easy to forgo distractions and to not accumulate things when you have a larger goal on the horizon.

I'd rather excite the imagination of a legion of readers and make pennies from each of them than hold off for a larger chunk of change from only a handful of fans.

Heroes didn't win. The heroes were whoever happened to win. History told their story -- the dead didn't say a word. All of it was bullshit.

"What we control," Juliette said, "is our actions once fate puts us there."

My life is too tight, he wanted to say. My skin is too tight. The walls are too tight.

To take the island, cut all sources of retreat. Burn your boats and go all in.

Happiness comes from actions.

Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.

I think Nick Markakis is a perennial All-Star, and nobody knows about him. I think people are learning about how good he is.

Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer, for the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race.

Don't for a moment believe He was killing the young; He was costuming angels.

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.

My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used to benefit others. I intend to continue that tradition.

Self-hatred is sometimes appropriate.